Owen, David. Final frontier; voyages into outer space.OWEN, David. Final frontier; voyages into outer space. Firefly firefly or lightning bug, small, luminescent, carnivorous beetle of the family Lampyridae. Fireflies are well represented in temperate regions, although the majority of species are tropical and subtropical. . 128p. illus. index. c2003. 1-55297-775-7. $9.95. J The nation's bold trek into outer space seems to have fallen into the doldrums doldrums (dŏl`drəmz) or equatorial belt of calms, area around the earth centered slightly north of the equator between the two belts of trade winds. these days. In spite of the solid success with the little Mars rovers A Mars rover is an unmanned rover used for exploration of the planet Mars. They are deployed because it has so far been too costly and difficult to achieve a manned mission to Mars, and because probes and satellites are too limited (due to their immobility or their distance from and the discoveries on Titan, the two Shuttle catastrophes and NASA's continual program-cutting have done much to sap the enthusiasm that the American public once had for space exploration. Thirty years ago mankind was on its way to the stars, but repeated program cancellations and the lack of a Shuttle replacement have taken us far from the days when humans walked on the Moon. Probably nothing can bring those heady days back, but at least today's students can be acquainted with the exciting events that happened before they were born. This picture-heavy booklet will be a big help. It might better have been titled "A Primer on Our Space Program," for that essentially is what it is. Ten short chapters, filled with color photographs and drawings, begin with the earliest concepts of outer space and the basics of how rockets work. They conclude in 2000 with the Pioneer space probes and the nascent International Space Station. The text is lean and pithy pith·y adj. pith·i·er, pith·i·est 1. Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief: a pithy comment. 2. Consisting of or resembling pith. , the explanations are simple but not patronizing, and even adults will find themselves leafing through the gorgeous illustrations. This title is well suited to stimulating a younger reader's interest in the Space Age, and many will thumb their way through it. A respectable glossary and index will help lead them on to newer frontiers of their own. Raymond Puffer puffer, common name for some tropical marine fish of the family Tetraodontidae. The puffers and their allies, the boxfish, the porcupinefish, and the ocean sunfish or headfish, form an odd group (order Tetraodontiformes). , Historian, Edwards AFB AFB abbr. acid-fast bacillus AFB Acid-fast bacillus, also 1. Aflatoxin B 2. Aorto-femoral bypass , Lancaster, CA J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescent and their teachers. |
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