Review by Booklist Review
Gr. 5-8. Dyson, who worked at NASA as a mission controller, makes a solid case for moon exploration and helps readers imagine what it will be like. Recounting the experiences of astronauts who visited the moon, she presents some of the challenges of building a lunar outpost and suggests how to meet them. Detailed captions accompany the colorful illustrations, which include impressive photographs, maps, paintings and digital pictures. Each chapter ends with a suggested activity, such as making an edible moon rock or building a model of a lunar explorer. A glossary and a source bibliography are appended, as well as lists of moon facts, astronauts who visited or orbited the moon, and recommended books and Web sites. Clear writing, vivid images, interesting details, and quotes from astronauts and scientists make this a lively, fact-filled introduction. --Carolyn Phelan Copyright 2003 Booklist
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Review by School Library Journal Review
Gr 4-6-A former NASA Mission Controller turns real-estate agent, of sorts, in this engaging look at the Moon's history, resources, and potential as a site for future colonization. After hitching a vicarious ride aboard Apollo 8, Dyson delves into the Moon's origins, explains which resources future settlers will find and which they will need to bring with them, describes the difficulties of the journey there, and offers general suggestions about colony design. Enhanced by plenty of big, clear, color photos and artists' conceptions; four low-tech science activities; and fact summaries about the Moon and the Apollo program, this title should not only be popular for reports, but is also apt to inspire a yen in more than a few young readers to walk where the astronauts walked.-John Peters, New York Public Library (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
Drawing on up-to-date research on the viability of a moon base, Dyson integrates explanations of lunar science into her sophisticated discussion of the engineering challenges of getting to and living on the moon. Apollo mission photos and artists' conceptions of life on the moon illustrate the book. Add-on experiments throughout vary in quality and relevance. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind. From HORN BOOK Fall 2003, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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