“Martian Summer,” with Andrew Kessler April 7, 2011
University of Michigan, Michigan 48109
It’s a Martian exclusive! Andrew Kessler, author of "MARTIAN SUMMER: Robot Arms, Cowboy Spacemen, and My 90 Days with the Phoenix Mars Mission," gives a warts-and-all look at the Phoenix Mars mission. The Phoenix was sent to study the history of water and habitability potential in the Martian arctic's ice-rich soil.
Kessler spent three months in mission control of the Phoenix Mars expedition--with 130 top NASA scientists and engineers--during the Mars exploration. The story is a humorous human drama about modern-day Magellans battling NASA politics and the bizarre world of daily life in mission control. Kessler was the first “regular guy” ever granted unfettered access to such an event.
Andrew Kessler is a creative director at HUGE. He co-produced "Mars: The Quest for Life" on the Discovery Channel and holds a degree in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.
The presentation will be followed by a book sale and signing, courtesy of Nicola’s Books.
Free and open to the public. Join us in the Hatcher Library Gallery.
Official Website: http://www.lib.umich.edu/gallery/events/martiansummer
Added by mcmorris on March 23, 2011