Martian Summer
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Author | Andrew Kessler |
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Language | English |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Publisher | Pegasus Books |
Publication date | 15 April 2011 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Book |
Pages | 341 |
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".
- ^ "Mission Involvement".
- ^ NASA.gov
- ^ http://www.togather.com Archived 2001-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "A Writer's 'Martian Summer' on Earth". NPR.org.
- ^ "New York bookstore stocks only one book". Reuters. 29 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
- ^ "A Book Store. That's Right. Book, Singular". 28 April 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Andrew Kessler on Twitter
- NASA Phoenix website
- UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory homepage