| ISBN |
9780716662679 hardcover |
| Name |
Adams, William D., (Childrens' author) author. |
| Title |
Expandable space habitat / William D. Adams. |
| Published |
Chicago, Illinois : World Book, Inc., 2022. |
| ©2022 |
| Description |
48 pages : colour illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm |
| Notes |
Includes index. |
| "With NASA inventor, Anthony Longman"--Cover. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Big idea : expandable space habitat -- Inventor feature : choosing a path -- Space hotel and weightless-industry complex -- Aldrin Cycler -- Inventor feature : career changes and inspiration -- Big idea : tensegrity -- Inventor feature : collaboration -- Generating gravity -- Axial and radial expansions -- Radiation protection -- Expanding EXPAT's shielding -- Bringing the great outdoors to outer space -- Night and day -- Final form -- Inventor feature : the structure of Bach -- Inventor challenge : EXPAT business. |
| Summary |
"Would you like to live in space? Today, only a few astronauts live there at a time, crammed into tiny spacecraft and space stations. But larger and more comfortable quarter are needed to truly open up space for development. Learn how architect Anthony Longman plans to create an expandable space habitat that will allow thousands of people to live, work, and play in space"--Back cover. |
| Subjects |
Longman, Anthony -- Biography |
| United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| United States. -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees -- Biography -- Juvenile literature |
| Space stations -- Design and construction -- Juvenile literature |
| Space colonies -- Juvenile literature |
| Aerospace engineering -- Juvenile literature |
| Outer space -- Juvenile literature |
| Added Corporate Names |
World Book, Inc issuing body. |
| Series |
Out of this world (World Book, Inc.) |
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