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Kids to Space: A Space Traveler's Guide Click Here to Visit www.kidstospace.com Based on an imaginary trip to space with America's school children, Kids to Space: A Space Traveler's Guide is a comprehensive collection of children's questions about traveling to and living in space. From black holes to possible destinations, from group dynamics to weightlessness, from medical concerns to space communities, internationally recognized experts in each field provide answers to 100 different categories of student questions, making the book a fascinating space guide, not just for kids but for all who have ever wondered about the universe and dreamed of what it would be like to be a space traveler. In his foreword, Gemini XII and Apollo XI Astronaut Buzz Aldrin encourages students to take advantage of opportunities, many of which are related to future space exploration and discoveries. In a letter to teachers, Astronaut and Space Shuttle Commander Rick Searfoss lends his support, emphasizing that children's contributions are an important part of the dream. In responding to "Would YOU go to space?" students provided insight into why they would or would not personally go to space. Statistical results will be included in the book. Educators throughout the US who participated in the Kids to Space project were excited to get the kids thinking about tomorrow. Students, ages 5-18, were excited to be asked to participate in planning for humankind's future in space. The experts, including astronauts, educators, astronomers, doctors, engineers, scientists and architects were excited to be challenged, and sometimes stumped, by the questions. Sometimes they had to readjust their ideas of what they thought they knew in order to answer some of the students' questions. Hundreds of student illustrations, brilliant depictions of what it would be like to live in or travel to space, will be included on an accompanying CD/ROM. From science fiction to accessible reality, Kids to Space: A Space Traveler's Guide serves as a timely message to children that the space future is in their hands, and we welcome their help in planning for it now.
The CD Rom includes a space art slide show from the kids who participated in this project, this show includes some EXCLUSIVE Hawkwind music. It's a compilation of new stuff which we've called "Space Symphony" it incorporates sections of: “The Secret Knowledge of Water” “Uncle Sam’s on Mars” “What’s That Noise?” “Mars - The Journey” “Out Here We Are” It lasts 18 minutes and it runs concurrently with the slide show. Hawkwind are the world’s premier space rock band. Experts answering the kids questions include: Eric Anderson SPACEPORTS* Liv Arnesen SURVIVAL* Tim Bailey TRAINING Kimberly S. Bertele - MS, OTR GOING TO SPACE WITH DISABILITIES, Summary Observations Robert Bigelow SPACE HOTELS Sheryl L. Bishop, Ph.D. AGE BIRTHS GROUP DYNAMICS Sir Richard Branson ADMINISTRATIVE LOGISTICS AVAILABILITY CAPACITY GOING TO SPACE WITH DISABILITIES* Jon H. Brown FUEL SPACECRAFT Dr. Jay C. Buckey, Jr., STS-90 Neurolab DENTAL SLEEPING Charles Camarda, Ph.D., STS-114 DRINKING and EATING John Cavallaro ELECTRICAL POWER VELOCITY Dr. Jonathan B. Clark DRINKING and EATING* TOBACCO ULTRAVIOLET RAYS Sir Arthur C. Clarke PROLOGUE John W. Cole ROCKETS Colonel USAF Catherine Coleman, Ph.D., STS-73, STS-93 ORIENTATION Geoffrey I. Crouch, Ph.D. GENERAL Roger Crouch, Ph.D., STS-83 Microgravity Spacelab, STS-94 PACKING Commander USN Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-85, STS-98 COMMUNICATIONS Esther Dyson ECONOMICS Bradley C. Edwards, Ph.D. INVENTIONS and TECHNOLOGIES Ed Frederick, Ph.D. PLANETS Captain CAF Marc Fricker ROBOTS Futron Corporation EMERGENCIES SAFETY Robby Gaines ALIENS ENVIRONMENT LIFE FORMS Colonel USAF (Ret.) Frederick D. Gregory, STS-51B Spacelab-3, STS-33, STS-44 LANDING Lieutenant Colonel USAF (Ret.) William Gregory, STS-67 LAUNCH David Gump TRANSPORTATION Alan Hale, Ph.D. ASTEROIDS, COMETS AND METEORS Steve Hammond GALAXY, SOLAR SYSTEM, UNIVERSE Dr. John Hatcher DENTAL Loretta Hidalgo TRAINING Rick Homans SPACEPORTS* Gary Hudson TRANSPORTATION Janet Kavandi, Ph.D., STS-91, STS-99, STS-104 HAIR and NAILS Luke Keller, Ph.D. PHYSICS TIME Dana Stephen Klein GRAVITY Ron Kohl FACILITIES MISSION CONTROL Pam Leestma EDUCATION Byron Lichtenberg, Ph.D., STS-9 Spacelab-1, STS-45 ATLAS-1 WEIGHTLESSNESS Nancy J. Lindsey RADIATION Trygve Magelssen RESOURCES Thomas Matula Ph.D. THE MOON Marc Maurer, Ph. D. GOING TO SPACE WITH DISABILITIES, Introduction Hazel McAndrews DURATION Robert P. McCoy, Ph.D. ATMOSPHERE CLIMATE TEMPERATURE Brad McLain SURVIVAL Lucy Jane Miller, Ph.D., OTR GOING TO SPACE WITH DISABILITIES The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta AVAILABILITY* ECONOMICS* Lonnie Moffitt BREATHING CLOTHING COMMUNICATIONS Barbara A. Morgan CAMERA EQUIPMENT Kenneth J. Murphy THE MOON Dawn Brooke Owens GRAVITY Nicholas Patrick, Ph.D., STS-116 DRINKING and EATING Laura and Robert Peckyno JUPITER MARS MERCURY NEPTUNE NEW PLANET? URANUS VENUS Colonel USAF (Ret.) William Reid Pogue, Skylab-4 CREW DAILY FUNCTIONS HAIR* Carolyn Porco, Ph.D. SATURN Captain USN (Ret.) William Readdy, STS-42, STS-51, STS-79 ASTEROIDS, COMETS AND METEORS* CELEBRATIONS DAYLIGHT and DARKNESS* Ben Reytblat COSTS Joe Rhemann WATER Mark A. Riccobono GOING TO SPACE WITH DISABILITIES, Visually Impaired Thomas Rogers SPACE STATIONS Russell Romanella AIRLOCKS BREATHING SANITATION SPACE STATIONS* Burt Rutan PROLOGUE, Part II Gregory Schlick VEGETATION Colonel USAF (Ret.) Rick Searfoss, STS-58, STS-76, STS-90 Neurolab ASTRONAUTS LETTER OF SUPPORT Robert Shelton, Ph. D.GOING TO SPACE WITH DISABILITIES, Visually Impaired John Spencer (Space Tourism Society) COMMUNITIES John Spencer Ph.D. PLUTO Christopher Stott SOVEREIGNTY Dirk Terell, Ph.D. STARS Bijal Thakore ANIMALS, FISH, INSECTS & BIRDS Dennis A. Tito, Soyuz TM32 EXPECTATIONS Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph. D. PROLOGUE, Part III Matthew D. Upchurch, CTC, VACATIONS IN THE FUTURE US Space and Rocket Center SPORTS and GAMES George M. Veaudry SANITATION Charles D. Walker, Ph.D., STS 41-D, STS 51-D, STS 61-B MISSIONS Derek Webber DAYLIGHT and DARKNESS DESTINATIONS DISTANCES EARTH SATELLITES SPACEPORTS George T. Whitesides SHOULD WE BE OPTIMISTIC? Colonel USAF Dr. Richard S. Williams ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES HEALTH and MEDICAL VISION Jim Zebrowski ADMINISTRATIVE LOGISTICS* BLACK HOLES ODORS SPACE THE SUN Click here to see the index for this book. Click here to see the index for the Educators Guide to this book. |
