Mars Navigator: An Interactive CD Program about Mars, Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy, and JPL Mars Missions
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| Description: | This CD-ROM introduces basic astronomy and aerospace engineering by examining JPL's Mars Pathfinder and Mars Global Surveyor missions to Mars. There are hundreds of animations and narration in addition to the detailed graphics and text. Included are six interactive laboratories to help understand such topics as the motion of planets and mission design. There are complete databases on planets, rockets, and past NASA missions. Detailed interviews with JPL scientists, engineers, and employees allow the user to know more about the people that make these Mars missions successful. The content covers six major areas, including the solar system, stars, Mars, mission planning, traveling in space, and spacecraft design. In all, there are over 600 megabytes of detailed information and activities to learn more about space and the planet Mars. The content is not tied to any curriculum or lesson plan, but it is intended to be an exploratory learning experience. Named Premier Courseware of 1997. This item is only available on a hybrid CD-ROM containing both Windows and Macintosh versions. For information on how to obtain this CD-ROM, please see http://eml.ou.edu/MarsNav/home.htm. There are currently two publishers of the CD. The main one is: Engineered Multimedia, Inc. 800 Old Roswell Lakes Pkwy, Suite 100 Roswell, GA 30076 770-993-8384 Main www page: http://www.engmm.com Mars Nav page: http://www.engmm.com/pages/mars_nav/mars_nav.htm The other publisher is: Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) MS 180-401 Mars Outreach Program 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena CA 91109 Attn: Dr. Cheick Diarra (818) 354-5428 JPL Mars Pathfinder page: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mpfmir/default.html This courseware was originally cataloged at http://www.my-edu2.com/eduframe.htm. |
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| Publication Date: | November 1996 |
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