The Mars Curiosity Rover is the most sophisticated mobile laboratory ever deployed on a planet.
For over seven years scores of investigators have planned its daily route and activities
poring over the overwhelming images and data and revising our understanding of planetary
surfaces geology and potential habitability. This book takes readers right down to the
surface of Mars chronicling Curiosity's physical and scientific journey across the planet's
Earth-like yet strikingly alien vistas. Through dozens of images and descriptive accounts of
the surface you will gain a deeper knowledge of the Martian landscape from the floor of Gale
Crater up to the cliffs of Mount Sharp. Presented at the end of each chapter are the results
and revelations from the science team spearheading the mission. Like any cross-country road
trip the rover has hit some unexpected hitches along the way. The book describes the obstacles
faced by the rover and its scientists over the years and the difficult decisions and careful
experimentation it took to solve them.
