The Mission
Book description
"Exceptionally absorbing and thrilling. ... Masterful." -Nature
A "magnificent" (Scientific American), genre-defying narrative of the most ambitious science project ever conceived: NASA's deep space mission to Europa, the Jovian moon where might swim the first known alien life in our solar system
In the spirit of Tom Wolfe and John…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Mission as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I loved this book because it gave me a jump-start on writing my own book. I greatly appreciated the in-depth understanding of the scientists who populate the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as well as the other institutions where our spacecraft are conceived and built.
It was eye-opening to learn how long it takes and how difficult it is to get a NASA project funded and underway. I began to feel that I knew many of the scientists and engineers quite well as their successes and failures became my own.
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