Title:
Meet NASA inventor Philip Lubin and his team's laser-sailing starships
Author:
ISBN:
9780716661597
Physical Description:
48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Series:
Contents:
Destination: Proxima Centauri -- Inventor feature: Growing up during the space race -- Interstellar travel -- Getting there faster -- Big idea: Make it smaller -- Inventor feature: Phil fix-it -- Pushing faster -- Big idea: Solar sails -- Inventor feature: Observing nature -- Laser power -- Inventor feature: Defending the planet -- Proxima B or bust -- Inventor feature: Childhood inspiration -- Philip Lubin and his team.
Reading Level:
980 L Lexile
Personal Subject:
Summary:
"A volume explaining inventor Philip Lubin's plan to create space probes that use the power of laser beams to push the probe out of the solar system at around one-third the speed of light"--
