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... new lands on Earth or diving to explore the deepest abyss in the oceans. We have a need to know and to understand our world and as a result hopefully to better understand ourselves Everything you see around you came into being as a result of stars creating all the building ...

... be hit far longer distances than on Earth, perhaps as much as a mile. Basketball players will be able to leap five or six times as high on the Moon as on ... lunar gravity would allow dancers to jump higher and do steps impossible on Earth. Ballet will be amazingly graceful, and there will be many new dances created that can only be done on the Moon. Singing will probably start out as sing-alongs among the small crews of the early bases, with accompaniment from a guitar someone managed to ...

... the next few years commercial sub-orbital flights are expected to begin and, in perhaps twenty to thirty years, orbital hotels may become a reality. ---- Answer provided by Geoffrey I. Crouch, Ph.D. Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer ...

... for a trip to space is not an easy process. Normally, astronauts need to be carefully selected and trained for space travel. At present, those few tourists who have been lucky enough to travel to ... tourism becomes more common and safer, preparation might be limited to a few simple medical checks and the sorts of training provided to airline passengers today. ---- Answer provided by Geoffrey I. Crouch, Ph ...

Most astronauts have to attend not only college but also graduate school. The pilots must also complete a year-long, very difficult program called Test Pilot School. ---- Answer provided by Col. USAF (Ret.) Rick Searfoss Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to ...

The length of time it will take to prepare to go to space will depend on whether you are going as a member of the crew or are taking advantage, as I did, of ... about eight months, moved into a two-room flat in Star City, a Russian military base outside of Moscow. There I lived a fairly Spartan existence dedicating myself to my training. The comprehensive training ... . Because of the nature of my flight, it is important to note that I was trained as a passenger, not as someone expected to take the controls of the Soyuz. ---- Answer provided by ...

... key to getting into orbit is to go very, very fast—17,500 miles per hour (mph). For many years, the only way to reach orbit will be rockets that can push a passenger capsule to this speed. Some rockets will be launched from the ground ... Gump & Gary Hudson Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer Image:9781894959421.jpg '''Buy This Book''' http://www ...

The effects of zero-gravity begin as soon as a person gets into space. Some go away, once the body gets used to zero-gravity, others continue for as long as the person is in space. There are also effects that occur when a person returns from space and has to get used to being back on Earth. ---- Answer provided by Col. USAF Dr. Richard S. Williams Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer Image:9781894959421.jpg '''Buy This Book''' http://www ...

Astronauts can stand the day they return to Earth. If they have been in space for a long time, they need to exercise routinely to regain the strength they had before they left so ... . Richard S. Williams Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer Image:9781894959421.jpg '''Buy This Book''' http://www ...

... , in fact animals were the first living beings to fly in space. In the early days of spaceflight people did not know how the human body would be affected by the lack of gravity and normal atmosphere. New methods and technologies were required to overcome such difficulties. Such technologies ... -orbital flights. Check out some of the firsts associated with this: Squirrel monkey "Baker" rode a Jupiter IRBM into space and back in1959. Source: US Army- Redstone Arsenal - history websitehttp://www ...

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