Astronomy:Martian Summer
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| Author | Andrew Kessler |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Pegasus Books |
Publication date | 15 April 2011 |
| Media type | Book |
| Pages | 341 |
| ISBN | ISBN:978-1-60598-176-5 |
Martian Summer: Robot Arms, Cowboy Spacemen, and My 90 Days with the Phoenix Mars Mission is a book written by Andrew Kessler.[1] The book documents Andrew Kessler's three-month stint in mission control of the NASA Phoenix expedition, led by Peter Smith and based at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of the University of Arizona.[2] The mission attempted (successfully) to locate evidence of water on Mars.[3]
Andrew Kessler is the founder and CEO of Togather.com, an event marketing platform based in DUMBO.[4] Formerly 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. Kessler is currently based in Brooklyn, NY.[5]
Monobookist Bookstore
To celebrate the launch of his book, Andrew Kessler opened a pop-up store in the West Village of Manhattan. Inside, the shelves were stocked with more than 3000 copies of Martian Summer.[6] Kessler described the project as a "Monobookist Bookstore".[7]
References
- ↑ "Creative Jobs :: Careers for Graphic Designers, Copywriters, Social Media Managers, Proof Readers and More". http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/andrew-kessler-opens-monobookist-bookstore_b27920.
- ↑ "Mission Involvement". http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/index.php.
- ↑ NASA.gov
- ↑ http://www.togather.com
- ↑ "A Writer's 'Martian Summer' on Earth". https://www.npr.org/2011/04/16/135464282/a-writers-martian-summer-on-earth.
- ↑ "New York bookstore stocks only one book". 29 April 2011. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bookstore-martian-idUSTRE73S7PL20110429.
- ↑ "A Book Store. That's Right. Book, Singular". 28 April 2011. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/a-bookstore-thats-book-singular/?hp.
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