The Mission

By David W Brown,

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"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…

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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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