Bibliograph

Meet NASA inventor Bruce Wiegmann and his team's solar-wind-riding electric sail, writer, Jeff De La Rosa

Type

Label

Meet NASA inventor Bruce Wiegmann and his team's solar-wind-riding electric sail, writer, Jeff De La Rosa

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 5-11

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Meet NASA inventor Bruce Wiegmann and his team's solar-wind-riding electric sail

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

989811292

Responsibility statement

writer, Jeff De La Rosa

Series statement

Out of this world

Summary

"A volume explaining engineer Bruce Wiegmann's plan to create a space craft that will harness the power of solar wind to propel itself towards the edge of the solar system"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The solar wind -- The edge of the solar system -- Changes in the heliosphere -- Reaching the heliopause -- The need for speed -- Inventor feature: building a dream -- Electric repulsion -- Big idea: an invisible sail -- Inventor feature: basic research -- Protons and electrons -- Longer wires -- Big idea: spinning the spacecraft -- Inventor feature: inspired by industry -- Electric sail vs. solar sail -- Inventor feature: other interests -- Big idea: keep it simple! -- Outside the ecliptic -- Pushing back the boundaries -- Bruce Wiegmann and his team

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Solar-wind-riding electric sailSolar-wind-riding electric sail with NASA inventor Bruce Wiegmann

Classification