Viking Kestrel non-fiction
1 total work
This book presents facts about space and speculates on the future of space travel and exploration. The reader takes the role of a pupil in the year 2090 who has won an eight week tour of the entire Solar System. Landings on the planets themselves are discussed, with special Christmas celebrations on Mars. There are encounters with asteroids and a comet and a visit to Planet X. Before returning to Earth, the reader learns from the team of First Colony astronomers about the wonders of our own galaxy and other distant galaxies, the mysteries of quasars, black holes and other intergalactic phenomena.