Out of this world

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Squishy, fishy robot explorers

meet NASA inventor Mason Peck and his team's
2017
"A volume explaining Dr. Mason Peck's invention of a soft robot intended to explore the ocean of Jupiter's moon Europa for signs of life"--.

Solar-wind-riding electric sail

Meet NASA inventor Bruce Wiegmann and his team's
2017
"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"--.

Printable probes and cosmic confetti

meet NASA inventor Kendra Short and her team's
2017
"A volume explaining the research of NASA scientist Kendra Short for the creation of flexible, printed electronics, including printable space probes"--.

Laser-sailing starships

meet NASA inventor Philip Lubin and his team's
2017
"A volume explaining inventor Philip Lubin's plan to create space probes that use the power of laser beams to push the probe out of the solar system at around one-third the speed of light"--.

Asteroid-harpooning hitcher

meet NASA inventor Masahiro Ono and his team's
2017
"A volume explaining engineer Masahiro Ono's plan to create a space probe that will be able to hitch itself to an asteroid as the asteroid is traveling through our galaxy"--.

Alien cave explorers

meet NASA inventor William "Red" Whittaker and his team's
2017
"A volume explaining engineer Willian "Red" Wittaker's plan to develop robots designed to explore the unknown caves on the moon and Mars"--Provided by publisher.

If an asteroid hit Earth

Examines the origins of asteroids, their effects on hitting Earth in the past and present, and many of the asteroids in the solar system.

Life on other worlds

The books in the Out of this World series will give you the opportunity to take an in-depth look at the work of the scientists and engineers who have dedicated their lives to studying what lies beyond Earth's protective atmosphere.

A look at Saturn

The books in the Out of this World series will give you the opportunity to take an in-depth look at the work of the scientists and engineers who have dedicated their lives to studying what lies beyond Earth's protective atmosphere.

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