12 Ways to Get a Ticket to Space

<P><B>Discover the many exciting ways that we could travel to space, now and in the future, with this colourful fact file for budding astronauts and space tourists.</B><br><br>Space travel has never been so accessible, with NASA even aiming to land humans on Mars in the 2030s. This book is a <B>launchpad for the curiosity and intrepid nature that any young space traveller will need to have in our solar system and beyond</B>.<br><br>Learn all about the ways humans go to space today and how we’ll likely live there decades from now, with these twelve fascinating ''tickets'':</P><ol><li><B>Fly in a space balloon</B></li><li><B>Ride on a spaceplane</B></li><li><B>Build your own rocket</B></li><li><B>Win the space lottery</B></li><li><B>Become an astronaut pilot</B></li><li><B>Be a science mission specialist</B></li><li><B>Get sponsored to go to space</B></li><li><B>Work as a space engineer</B></li><li><B>Visit the Moon as a space tourist</B></li><li><B>Volunteer to colonize Mars</B></li><li><B>Launch your personal time capsule into space, and</B></li><li><B>Send a message on a beam of light to travel forever among the stars!<br><br></B></li></ol><P>Ripped-from-the-headlines STEM content meets creative, accessible ways to bring space to you across these twelve illustrated, four-page scenarios. You''ll also <B>explore the International Space Station</B> with a detailed cutaway map, visit a <B>gallery of iconic rockets</B>, and find out what it takes to be a real-life star-sailor at the <B>astronaut training academy</B>. Plus, at the <B>Astronaut Hall of Fame</B>, marvel at the achievements of explorers past – and milestones that could be reached in your lifetime.<br><br>When you''re finished with the tickets, <B>start planning your journey to space</B> with tips and prompts on how to prepare, such as riding a roller coaster to get used to zero-g, camping out beneath the stars, and designing your rocket, space station or lunar base.<br><br>With Terri Po’s whizz-bang illustrations of rockets, space stations, EVA suits, satellites and much, much more, <B><I>12 Ways to Get a Ticket to Space</I></B> brings space travel within young readers’ orbit, and lets them experience something that may one day be their reality.</P>