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Junk in Space My editor at WGBH loved the sound of "junk in space" and asked me to write a book with that title. Junk naturally organizes itself as a laundry list, but laundry lists are boring. So I decided to use space junk—a miscellany of rocket parts, defunct satellites, abandoned equipment, and even a toothbrush—as clues to the history of the space age. First, though, I explain orbital mechanics, which accounts for why the junk is where it is. Awards National Science Teachers Association: Outstanding Trade Books for Children Reviews "In Junk in Space, the debris left by various cosmic explorations offers an unusual lens through which to examine man's history in space; author Maurer is particularly adept at providing helpful analogies for hard-to-picture concepts and quantities." —Publishers Weekly |
