Chasing new horizons
by Alan Stern · first published 2018
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Shares a behind-the-scenes account of the science, politics, egos, and public expectations that shaped the New Horizons' mission to Pluto and beyond, citing the endeavor's boundary-breaking achievements and how they reflect the collective power of shared human goals. "On July 14, 2015, something amazing happened. More than 3 billion miles from Earth, a small NASA spacecraft called New Horizons screamed past Pluto at more than 32,000 miles per hour, focusing its instruments on the long-mysterious icy worlds of the Pluto system, and then, just as quickly, continued on its journey out into the b
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on “Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018?” ↗I highly recommend reading the book Chasing New Horizons by Alan Stern[0]. It is a great insight into years of work it takes to get a mission like New Horizons going. It is a very well written book and I could not put it down until finished. [0] https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-New-Horizons-Inside-Mission/d...
on “New Horizons’ first hi-res imagery of Ultima Thule” ↗"Chasing New Horizons: Inside the First Epic Mission to Pluto" by Alan Stern and David Grinspoon Fascinating tale of the history and triumph of one of the most amazing scientific marvels of the age of robotic space exploration.…
on “Ask HN: Which book(s) did you read this summer?” ↗…Thule) was run through APL, the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University, not JPL at Caltech. Don't confuse the two; APL is actually becoming quite a rival to JPL. I recommend the book "Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto" [1] if you care to read about some of the politics. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36031228-chasing-new-hor... The following is an extended quote from…
on “Engineering for the Long Haul, the Nasa Way” ↗I highly recommend the book Chasing New Horizons to learn more about the New Horizons mission.
on “Pluto Flyover from New Horizons” ↗Soul of a New Machine, Tracy Kidder Chasing New Horizons, Alan Stern, David Grinspoon Look for something to read from my library, I stumbled across Kidder's book. Reading it again brought back my memories as a new engineer during the same time frame as takes…
on “Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List?” ↗…True Story of Teamwork, Leadership, and High-Stakes Innovation (Adam Steltzner, William Patrick) Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer (Rob Manning, William L. Simon) Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto (Alan Stern, David Grinspoon) Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight (David A. Mindell) The Interstellar Age: Inside the Forty-Year Voyager Mission…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?” ↗