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Acknowledgments Many thanks to my editor in chief at the University of Arizona Press, Allyson Carter, for her patience in working with a first-­ time book author and to Debra Makay for her thorough and insightful text editing. In the body of the book, it is clear that Dan Goldin, Ed Weiler, the late Earle Huckins, Firouz Naderi, Gentry Lee, the late Jim Martin, Jim Garvin, and Steve Isakowitz all played an extraordinary role in the development of the Mars Exploration Program. There are many others, though, who deserve credit for working with me on this incredibly difficult but ultimately successful journey: I thank my key staff at NASA Headquarters: Dave Lavery, Mark Dahl, Ramon DePaula , Joe Parrish, George Tahu, Paul Hertz, Mike Meyer, Cathy Weitz, Bruce Betts, Joe Boyce, Voleak Roeum, Brandy Nguyen, and the late Jane Davis. At the NASA Ames Research Center I received enormous help over the years in writing, editing, and storytelling from Lisa Chu-­ Thielbar. At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the list of additional contributors is too long to be able to list here, but a few key people deserve special credit: Ed Stone; Charles Elachi; George Pace, the project manager for the 2001 Odyssey; and Pete Theisinger, the project manager for the 2003 rovers. Our international partners were critical in arriving at a final mission queue: Enrico Flamini of Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), and Christian Cazeaux and Richard Bonneville of Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES). Finally, the science community provided invaluable input, comments , and critique during this entire process. It is impossible to list the many dozens of other contributors, but a few individuals stand out: Steve Squyres, Mike Carr, Ron Greeley, and Mike Malin. I deeply thank all those listed and unlisted (the latter know who they are). exploring mars ...

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