Books by Erik M. Conway

By the end of World War II, the very concept of landing blind therefore had disappeared from the trade literature, a victim of human limitations.

Conway, JPL's historian, offers an insider's perspective into the changing goals of Mars exploration, the ways in which sophisticated computer simulations drove the design process, and the remarkable evolution of landing technologies over a thirty-year period.

Historians, along with participants in current aerospace research programs, will gain valuable perspective on the interaction of politics and technology.

Atmospheric Science at NASA critically examines this politically controversial science, dissecting the often convoluted roles, motives, and relationships of the various institutional actors involved-among them NASA, congressional appropriation committees, government weather and climate bureaus, and the military.