Solar-wind-riding electric sail : Meet NASA inventor Bruce Wiegmann 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 Bruce Wiegmann and his team's solar-wind-riding electric sail
Cover title Solar-wind-riding electric sail with NASA inventor Bruce Wiegmann
SeriesOut of this world
Out of this world (World Book) UNAUTHORIZED
Contents The solar wind -- The edge of the solar system -- Changes in the heliosphere -- Reaching the heliopause -- The need for speed -- Inventor feature: building a dream -- Electric repulsion -- Big idea: an invisible sail -- Inventor feature: basic research -- Protons and electrons -- Longer wires -- Big idea: spinning the spacecraft -- Inventor feature: inspired by industry -- Electric sail vs. solar sail -- Inventor feature: other interests -- Big idea: keep it simple! -- Outside the ecliptic -- Pushing back the boundaries -- Bruce Wiegmann and his team.
Abstract "A volume explaining engineer Bruce Wiegmann's plan to create a space craft that will harness the power of solar wind to propel itself towards the edge of the solar system"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Audience 960 Lexile
Study program note Accelerated Reader AR
Genre/formBiographies.
LCCN 2017024534
ISBN9780716661627 (hardcover)
ISBN0716661624 (hardcover)
ISBN(ebook)

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Joyner TRC Nonfiction 629.475 D375SO ✔ Available Place Hold