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Destination: Space
Contributor(s): Williams, Dave (Author), Cunti, Loredana (Author)
ISBN: 1773210572     ISBN-13: 9781773210575
Publisher: Annick Press
OUR PRICE:   $11.66  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology - Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Astronomy
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Adventure & Adventurers
Dewey: 629.442
Lexile Measure: 940
Series: Dr. Dave -- Astronaut
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8.3" W x 10.8" (0.45 lbs) 52 pages
 
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Publisher 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. Even though it takes six months to get there, Mars most closely resembles Earth. So what would it take to make it habitable--and what would life look like there?

As in the other three titles in the Dr. Dave: Astronaut series, this book demystifies space travel. The science is explained in simple terms while the sense of adventure is ever-present. This book belongs in the hands of every child interested in space, and in every classroom where STEM is taught.

Contributor Bio(s): Williams, Dave: - Co-Author Dr. Dave Williams is a Canadian astronaut who participated in spaceflights aboard two NASA space shuttles; he also became an aquanaut through undersea research in the world's only underwater research laboratory.Cunti, Loredana: - Co-Author Loredana Cunti is a specialist in children's entertainment, a former Senior Vice President of Children's Programming at Universal Pictures and a Cordon Bleu Pastry Chef. Loredana has developed a number of book-based characters for television including Geronimo Stilton, Pink Panther, and most recently George Green by Stephen and Lucy Hawking.