12 Ways to Get a Ticket to Space

Discover the many exciting ways that we could travel to space, now and in the future, with this colorful fact file for budding astronauts and space tourists. Space travel has never been so accessible, with NASA even aiming to land humans on Mars in the 2030s. This book is a launchpad for the curiosity and intrepid nature that any young space traveler will need to have in our solar system and beyond. Learn all about the ways humans go to space today and how we'll likely live there decades from now, with these twelve fascinating 'tickets': Fly in a space balloon Ride on a spaceplane Build your own rocket Win the space lottery Become an astronaut pilot Be a science mission specialist Get sponsored to go to space Work as a space engineer Visit the Moon as a space tourist Volunteer to colonize Mars Launch your personal time capsule into space, and Send a message on a beam of light to travel forever among the stars! Ripped-from-the-headlines STEM content meets creative, accessible ways to b