Meet NASA inventor Philip Lubin and his team's laser-sailing starships / writer, Jeff De La Rosa.
Material type: TextSeries: Out of this worldPublisher: Chicago, Illinois : World Book Inc., [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780716661597
- 0716661594
- Laser-sailing starships [Spine title]
- Laser-sailing starships with NASA inventor Philip Lubin [Cover title]
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 629.475 R788 | Checked out | 05/31/2024 | 33111008819100 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"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"--
"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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.