Drifting on Alien Winds: Exploring the Skies and Weather of Other Worlds

by Michael Carroll

Book Overview

Ever since the Montgolfier's hot air balloon carried a chicken, a goat, and a duck into the Parisian skies, scientists have dreamed of contraptions to explore the atmosphere. With the advent of the space age, new airborne inventions were needed. From the Soviet Venus balloons to the advanced studies of blimps and airplanes for the atmospheres of Mars and Titan, Drifting on Alien Winds surveys the many creative and often wacky ideas for exploring alien...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441969160
• ISBN13: 9781441969163
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.7" x 11.1"