Laser-sailing starships : meet NASA inventor Philip Lubin and his team's / writer, Jeff De La Rosa.

Author/creator De la Rosa, Jeff author.
Format Book
PublicationChicago, Illinois : World Book Inc., [2017]
Copyright Date©2017
Description48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subjects

Portion of title Meet NASA inventor Philip Lubin and his team's laser-sailing starships
Cover title Laser-sailing starships with NASA inventor Philip Lubin
SeriesOut of this world
Out of this world (World Book) UNAUTHORIZED
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.
Abstract "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Audience 980 Lexile
Study program note Accelerated Reader AR
Genre/formBiographies.
LCCN 2017024504
ISBN9780716661597 (hardcover)
ISBN0716661594 (hardcover)
ISBN(ebook)

Availability

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Joyner TRC Nonfiction 629.475 D375LAS ✔ Available Place Hold