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(More customer reviews)The best and most interesting book on one of the greatest scientific accomplishments of our century written in the words of the individuals involved.
These are real people including secretaries, guards, Telephone operators,and others as well as Engineers, Scientists, Project managers, and key individuals who participated in this remarkable extension of our knowledge of the Solar system.
Of particular delight to the reviewer was the reoccuring theme of pride of accomplishment by those associated with the Voyager project as well as the problems that were overcome, both technical and financial.
I found this an inspiring work and reccomend it to those who believe in humanity and scientific accomplishment.
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In 1977, Voyager 1 and 2 journeyed to the outer planets, gathering information about Jupiter and Saturn, sending scientists on earth their first close-up photographs of Uranus and Neptune, and collecting a series of images of the sun and its planets. Twenty years later, "Voyager Tales" presents a collection of interviews from a cross section of the professionals involved in all aspects of the mission. This volume provides insights into the development of a major research project from the personal perspectives of the people who helped design, build and fly the two spacecrafts. Readers will use this book as a case study of a project that not only was highly successful, operating on time and on budget, but far surpassed its initial goals.
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