Robots in Space
Michael Chester
Library Binding
(Putnam Pub Group (L), Jan. 15, 1965)
From publishers: As man gradually starts out on the exploration of space, his predecessors will be the skilled robots - spacecraft carrying scientific instruments. In this detailed account, Michael Chester discusses the two types of robots, the satellite and the probe, as they will be used in the different space systems. We have a look at the Orbiting Geophysical Observatory, the world's first 'standardized' satellite, the Tiros weather satellites, the Surveyor probes, first steps for Project Apollo. We learn that it is inconceivable to envision manned missions without the robots, the first and constant explorers of space.