Lunar and Planetary Rovers: The Wheels of Apollo and the Quest for Mars, 2007

Anthony Young, Springer/Praxis, 305pgs, ISBN#978-0387307749

The First Book to give the history of the race to develop the vehicle to be used on the Apollo 15,16 and 17 missions.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Author's Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations

1. From concept to reality

2. The Lunar Roving Vehicle subsystems

3. Training on the Moon

4. To the Hadley Plains

5. Mysterious and Unknown Descartes

6. Destiny at Taurus-Littrow

7. The Quest for Mars

8. The Vision of Space Exploration

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Bibliography

Index