Michael D. Cole

Chapter book for older children to young adults. Covers the history of Mars exploration until its publication date, 1999. This makes it post Pathfinder but pre- Spirit and Opportunity. The second half of the book is a rather fanciful outline of a plan to send astronauts to Mars. It takes about six years and there are multiple large structures and robotic vehicles successfully landed before the astronauts arrived. So far, nothing so big has been attempted. The illustrations of the future vehicles, although not large, are detailed, interesting, and not explained very well.… (mais)

This tells us about the accomplishments of NASA when they made the Hubble telescope. It tells about the tiniest flaw making the biggest mistake for the telescope. It tells about the pictures it has taken. It explains about light years and how old scientists believe the universe is. The telescope had been messed up ten thousandths too flat and NASA had to make a repair in space. This book describes multiple stories the telescope went through. It explains in immense detail the travels of the Hubble Telescope
I love this book so much because it I love science and space and this book is just so interesting. NASA went through so much to make this happen and it just captured me. I learned SO much. I never knew how far a light year was, how old the universe probably is. It just seemed to be a part of me. I loved it.… (mais)