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Space is mostly empty. Unless a spacecraft is precisely aimed at an object, there is very little chance of encountering any rocky space debris—such as an asteroid—just by flying in a random direction in space. ---- Answer provided by Jim Zebrowski Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

In space there is a wind called the solar wind. It originates on the Sun and blows past the Earth at thousands to millions of miles ... , Ph.D. 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.apogeebooks ...

... astronauts have called being in space one of the biggest thrills they have ever experienced. Imagine being in a free fall environment while in orbit and being able to launch yourself in any direction with a gentle shove as you float freely in the cabin of the Space Shuttle or the larger International Space Station (ISS ...

... Dennis Tito 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.apogeebooks.com/Books/For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - EXPECTATIONS

... answer is yes—mostly because children are still doing a lot of growing and gravity is necessary for bones, muscles and internal organs to develop correctly. Also there is more radiation in space that might affect children's rapidly growing systems. Once we have a way to produce a gravity field in space and have good radiation protection, then children will be in ...

Since there is no oxygen in space, and we need oxygen to feed a fire, there are no fires found in space. This does not mean we should not be concerned about fires on board ... of how fire propagates in the confines of a micro-gravity environment on board a large orbiting spacecraft like the ISS. To better understand how fires can spread in space, astronauts and cosmonauts ... Jim Zebrowski 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.apogeebooks ...

... charge), anti-matter is made up of anti-protons (-) and anti-electrons (+), also called positrons. Anti-matter exists in space near places that are very hot or very high in energy like exploding stars ... -matter is that when it touches matter they both disappear, leaving only energy behind. So if you have anti-matter and matter and mix them together, you can generate power. This process is ...

Weather in space involves currents of high energy electrons and protons. The Earth's atmosphere quickly blocks the ... , Ph.D. 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.apogeebooks ...

It doesn't snow in space, but astronauts could make snow by releasing water into the vacuum. ---- Answer provided by Robert ... , Ph.D. 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.apogeebooks ...

Outer space—so called because it is outside of the Earth's protective atmosphere—begins at a height of 62 miles above Earth and is called the Karman Line, named for the ... Theodore Von Karman who helped define it. ---- Answer provided by Jim Zebrowski Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

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