Charles Elachi
Charles Elachi is a TED speaker who has written 1 quality-verified book, paired here with their talks.
Charles Elachi is the director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab at Caltech. He leads JPL's efforts to build robots that explore space -- including the surprisingly long-lived Mars Rovers. In the wake of the Rovers' success (and even fame), it's worth remembering that they grew out of some troubled earlier attempts to reach Mars. Elachi's careful management of the Rover program, wrote the US News and World Report, was a key piece of its success. And Elachi gives equal credit to some extraordinary luck. As JPL's director for space and Earth science programs from 1982 to 2000, and then its head since then, he's led the development of many new instruments and programs for observing Earth and exploring the planets. It's in part thanks to him that, as of May 2008, we have 17 different robots exploring space. His own academic specialty is active microwave remote sensing and electromagnetic theory.
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What books has Charles Elachi written?
Charles Elachi has written 1 book in the Books Worth Reading catalogue: "Introduction to the Physics and Techniques of Remote Sensing". It is quality-verified and paired with their TED talk.
What does Charles Elachi write about?
Charles Elachi's books on Books Worth Reading cover Science & Technology.
What is Charles Elachi known for?
Charles Elachi's intellectual contributions center on the transformative power of remote sensing technology and humanity's capacity to overcome technical failure through systematic innovation. As the director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Elachi has spent his career demonstrating that ambitio...
What is Charles Elachi's TED talk?
Charles Elachi's most-watched TED talk is "The story behind the Mars Rovers" (2008). It is paired with their book on Books Worth Reading.