Laser-sailing starships

Author

Jeff De la Rosa

Call Number

• J 629.41 DELA (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

Chicago, Illinois : World Book Inc., [2017]

Physical Description

48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.

Audience

Ages 5-11.

Summary

"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"--

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.