Mission to Mars: Can You Survive in Space?

Surviving on Mars means solving problems of air, water, radiation, food and distance, and this DK title puts those problems in front of young readers one at a time. The book works through how astronauts train, what a journey to the Red Planet would demand, and which technologies would have to exist before anyone stayed there. Rather than simply listing findings, it keeps turning the question back on the reader, which makes the science of life support and planetary conditions something to reason about. What the pages hold: • Frames space science as a series of survival problems to solve • Covers astronaut training, the transit and conditions on Mars • Illustration and diagrams used to explain equipment and habitats • Questions posed to the reader rather than answers merely listed Aimed at children with an interest in space and useful for classroom work on the solar system, published by DK. Available at Boipoka.