Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto

I love this book. I am very interested in the exploration of Pluto and this book gave me all I needed, wanted and more.

Already red it two times.

Un fantastico viaggio, un’avventura straordinaria nel nostro sistema solare, ma anche una narrazione di tutte le (lunghissime) vicissitudini che hanno portato al countdown del lancio. Mai mollare, insomma, se si crede in qualche cosa. Consigliato a tutti quelli che amano l’esplorazione spaziale, ma non solo.

LIVRO MARAVILHOSO, IMPORTADO, CAPADURA, EXCELENTE QUALIDADE, BARATO, NÃO FOI PRECISO IMPORTAR, CHEGOU EM UMA SEMANA. O FRETE -- QUE É BRASILEIRO, A AMAZON NÃO TEM CULPA, A NÃO SER -- É QUASE O PREÇO DO LIVRO!!!! UM ABSURDO!!!

If you're a space buff and were fascinated by the New Horizon mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt - this is the book for you. It provides a ringside view of the campaign, trials and tribulations in getting a spaceship to explore Pluto - the kind of backroom stuff one never thinks about (How does NASA decide on what to explore, after all?). I really liked the description of all the trade-offs and innovation that went into the spaceship design and the plan for the flyby and beyond.Despite having followed the events of the flyby, there were many questions that I didn't get an answer to at the time - why didn't New Horizons orbit Pluto, why did it take so long to send the images back, what did each image tell us...and so on. This book does not tell you everything, but it does tell you enough to satisfy your immediate curiosity and whet your appetite for more.The writing is fast paced - at times a little too rah-rah for me - but one is unlikely to get bored. I would probably have preferred a little more detail towards the end, but maybe that's for another book!