Bibliograph

Meet NASA inventor Robert Hoyt and his team's web-spinning space spiders, writer, Jeff De La Rosa

Type

Label

Meet NASA inventor Robert Hoyt and his team's web-spinning space spiders, writer, Jeff De La Rosa

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 5-11

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Meet NASA inventor Robert Hoyt and his team's web-spinning space spiders

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

989726728

Responsibility statement

writer, Jeff De La Rosa

Series statement

Out of this world

Summary

"A volume describing the innovations of Robert Hoyt. Hoyt is developing a robotic technology called SpiderFab that builds spacecraft while in orbit around Earth"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The trouble with gravity -- Getting into orbit -- Inventor feature : mentor and partner -- The high cost of space exploration -- Building big, building light -- Building in orbit -- Inventor feature : the Bat Cave -- Spidery builders -- Inventor feature : the invention process -- Trusses on trusses -- Big idea : additive manufacturing -- Building a star shade -- Settling the solar system -- Robert Hoyt and his team

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Web-spinning space spidersWeb-spinning space spiders with NASA inventor Robert Hoyt

Classification