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Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Will humans ever be able to live on other planets? Former NASA astronaut Dr. Dave Williams is the person to ask. It turns out that Earth is a pretty good place to live. Finding other habitable environments in space is no easy task: temperatures on Mercury are ten times hotter than on Earth; winter on Neptune lasts about forty years, and Uranus is ten billion miles (sixteen billion kilometers) away. But there is one planet that looks promising: Mars....
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Imagine the thrill of going up into space! As an astronaut, youve had years of training and are ready to go. But you cant do it on your own. Without a lot of mighty machines, amazing technology, and powerful equipment, you would never get off the ground. In this book, youll discover: how the massive Space Shuttle can escape the incredible force of gravity, what the machines to get to Mars will look like, and the many different pieces of equipment...
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