Managing Martians

Descrição: Capa dura com sobrecapa, raridade. 24 x 16 cm, 278 pgs. pequena manchinha no canto das últimas folhas apenas, idioma em inglês. Donna Shirleys 35-year career as an aerospace engineer reached a jubilant pinnacle in July 1997 when Sojourner--the solar-powered, self-guided, microwave-oven-sized rover--was seen exploring the Martian landscape in Pathfinders spectacular images from the surface of the red planet. The event marked a milestone in space, but for Donna Shirley, the leader of the mostly male team that designed and built Sojourner--and the first woman ever to manage a NASA program--it marked a triumph of another kind.Managing Martians is Shirleys captivating memoir of a life and career spent reaching for the stars. From her seemingly outlandish aspiration at age ten to build ...