Asteroid-harpooning hitcher : meet NASA inventor Masahiro Ono and his team's / writer, Jeff De La Rosa.

Portion of title Meet NASA inventor Masahiro Ono and his team's asteroid-harpooning hitcher
Portion of title Asteroid-harpooning hitcher with NASA inventor Hiro Ono
SeriesOut of this world
Out of this world (World Book) UNAUTHORIZED
Contents The leftovers -- Why study the leftovers? -- Inventor feature : the traveler -- Visiting the asteroids -- Stopping in -- Hitching an asteroid -- Inventor feature : growing up -- Big idea : tethers -- Big idea : carbon nanotubes -- Inventor feature : crossing the ocean to reach the stars -- An expensive harpoon -- Playing out the line -- Braking -- Big idea : regenerative braking -- Far from the sun -- A local train in the outer solar system -- Taking off again -- Inventor feature : Icy Moon Cryovolcano Explorer -- Masahiro Ono and his team.
Abstract "A volume explaining engineer Masahiro Ono's plan to create a space probe that will be able to hitch itself to an asteroid as the asteroid is traveling through our galaxy"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Audience 990 Lexile
Study program note Accelerated Reader AR
Genre/formBiographies.
LCCN 2017024501
ISBN9780716661610 (hardcover)
ISBN0716661616 (hardcover)
ISBN(ebook)

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