Garbage in Space
A Space Discovery Guide
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2017
48 pages
978-1-5124-2798-1 (ISBN)
Description
Did you know that companies and governments send more than one hundred satellites into space every year? And that most of those satellites continue to orbit Earth-even after they have stopped working? More than 500,000 old satellites, pieces of metal, and other bits of junk currently pollute Earth's orbit. And that number is growing. Astronomers, engineers, and politicians all agree that the future of space exploration is in danger if this debris isn't taken care of. But the problem of garbage in space is difficult and expensive to solve. In this book, learn more about this problem and its potential solutions.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Minneapolis
United States
Publishing group
Lerner Publishing Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
US School Grade: From Fourth Grade to Sixth Grade, Reading Age: From 10 to 11 years, Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Illustrations
Glossary; Index; Graphs; Charts; Illustrations, color
File size
7,21 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-5124-2798-1 (9781512427981)
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Book
01/2017
Lerner Publishing Group
€49.43
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Person
Margaret J. Goldstein was born in Detroit and graduated from the University of Michigan. She is an editor and the author of many books for young readers. She lives in Palm Springs, California.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Information
- Table of Contents
- Introduction: Heavy Metal
- Chapter 1: Flying High
- Chapter 2: The Junkyard
- Chapter 3: Coping with Space Junk
- Chapter 4: Cleaning House
- What's Next?
- Source Notes
- Glossary
- Selected Bibliography
- Further Reading and Websites
- Index
- Photo Acknowledgments
- Back Cover
