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... and combined to form the planets we now see before us, including our own Earth. In our solar system, we know for sure that we have water on our own planet ... the other planets in our solar system, but have not physically confirmed its existence. Because oxygen and hydrogen can both be present on many planets and moons, we believe that water can be found on them as well, if, their atmospheres are cool enough to allow water to form, and thick enough to keep gases like oxygen from sublimating away into space. Although ...

... is shown that the efficiency (D-He3) of burning of the D-He3 fuel in space propulsion system can be about 0.2 and higher when the fuel is compressed to a rather modest ... /cm3 or even less. It is also shown that the requirements on (D-He3) and can be the factors limiting the number of the D-He3 microexplosions ignited by or with the ... .35 here ''' ---- Journal of the British Interplanetary Society JBIS is © 1934-2013 http://www.bis-space.com British Interplanetary Society - Image:BIS_logo.jpg 100px Category:Journal of The British Interplanetary ...

Since you can already float in space, swimming in a blob of water wouldn't be much fun. The water won't stay in a pool in micro-gravity, so you would have to have a swimming ... breathe. Now, swimming through a room of those plastic balls—that would be fun ---- Answer provided by US Space and Rocket Center Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from ...

... ? How am I oriented? Where is everything else? These data will be transmitted to ground control through communication satellites. We can use this information, verify it with our own readings from the ground, and use it to plot our course so we know how and when to reach the hotel in space. ---- Answer provided by Robert T. Bigelow Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie Schorer

... commonly experience three dimensions of space and a fourth dimension that we know as time. It is possible that there are an infinite number of dimensions in space. Some new ideas, called string theory, describe the structure of atoms and the Universe using thirteen dimensions How can there be more dimensions than we experience ...

... crew person can't stay in this environment for long, maybe an hour, before the gloves get too hot. EVA's would be limited to about an hour in these conditions and would be avoided ... would need to be redesigned in order to venture into these places. ---- Answer provided by Lonnie Moffitt Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space - by Lonnie ...

In space, one can see the light from stars hundreds of light years away. Vision in space does not improve, but you can see distant things more clearly because there is no atmosphere to interfere with ... 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.apogeebooks ...

It is all a matter of your attitude. All astronauts look forward to being in space as often as they can even though it may mean spending some time away from their family and ... On the Space Station and on the Space Shuttle, astronauts are part of the experiment. They are enabling us to see how well humans can adapt to the very different environment of space. So ... training or doing very important jobs in space that no one else has done before so that we can learn more about living in space. In their off-hours, the Space Shuttle's lights are darkened to ...

... are storms in space but they are unlike storms on Earth which can be a combination of high wind, rain and even oppressive heat. In space, which is a pretty good vacuum, extremes in temperatures can range from -250° F to over 200° F in the ...

... a structure such as a space station or space hotel, sounds would work just as they do on Earth. The sound of a bank of computers may be an incidental environmental clue just ... in space so long as you are indoors. Outside, say in an extra-vehicular activity (spacewalk) or on the Moon, there is no air, and thus no sound. Something else would need to be devised to handle those situations. ---- Answer provided by Mark A. Riccobono, Robert O. Shelton, Ph.D. Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted from the book Kids to Space ...

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