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BL
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| Record Number
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688060
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b510249
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| Main Entry
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Gallentine, Jay
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| Title & Author
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Ambassadors from Earth : : pioneering explorations with unmanned spacecraft /\ Jay Gallentine
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| Publication Statement
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Lincoln :: University of Nebraska Press,, [2009]
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, ©2009
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| Series Statement
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Outward odyssey
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| Page. NO
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xvii, 500 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0803222203 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780803222205 (cloth : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Aboard the Glacier -- Problem child -- The convict -- Light fuse, get away -- New moon -- Let's make a deal -- The creators and the makers -- Storming the Sea of Dreams -- Moving at the speed of design -- Job number MA-11 -- The science and the cyclist -- Get off the bus -- Swing in time -- The meeting and the mechta -- Think like gravity -- Didn't they get it? -- The death and the funeral -- One hundred percent failure -- Three-problem Shipley -- Pete and Al's little field trip -- Irradiated plans -- Embarking -- Get it -- Instant science -- Circles of gold -- Last light -- Continuum
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| Subject
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Space probes, Popular works
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Outer space, Exploration, Popular works
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| Dewey Classification
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629.43/5
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| LC Classification
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TL795.3.G35 2009
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