Destination: Space (Dr. Dave - Astronaut)

by Dave Williams (Author), Loredana Cunti (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2018

  $20.87

  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.