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An Earthling's Guide to Outer Space
- Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Black Holes, Dwarf Planets, Aliens, and More
- Narrado por: Bob McDonald
- Duración: 5 h y 25 m
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Beloved science commentator Bob McDonald takes us on a tour of our galaxy, unraveling the mysteries of the universe and helping us navigate our place among the stars.
How big is our galaxy? Is there life on those distant planets? Are we really made of star dust? And where do stars even come from?
In An Earthling's Guide to Outer Space, we finally have the answers to all those questions and more. With clarity, wisdom, and a great deal of enthusiasm, McDonald explores the curiosities of the big blue planet we call home as well as our galactic neighbors - from Martian caves to storm clouds on Jupiter to the nebulae at the far end of the universe.
So if you're pondering how to become an astronaut, or what dark matter really is, or how an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, look no further. Through a captivating mix of stories and experiments, McDonald walks us through space exploration past and present, and reveals what we can look forward to in the future.
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Anyone can get started in astronomy, just by going outside on a dark night with a star chart and learning their way around. Timothy Ferris tells us what's been seen out there - the Ring nebula, the Silver Coin galaxy, the Virgo supercluster, and how to find them.
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3 out of 5 stars
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About astronomy as well as astronomers
- De Gary en 04-09-03
De: Timothy Ferris
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Proxima Rising
- Proxima, Book 1
- De: Brandon Q. Morris
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 8 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 670
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 597
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 598
Late in the 21st century, Earth receives what looks like an urgent plea for help from planet Proxima Centauri b in the closest star system to the Sun. Astrophysicists suspect a massive solar flare is about to destroy this heretofore-unknown civilization. Earth's space programs are unequipped to help, but an unscrupulous Russian billionaire launches a secret and highly-specialized spaceship to Proxima b, over four light-years away.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Story is great, format is not
- De Mike en 04-26-20
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When the Earth Had Two Moons
- Cannibal Planets, Icy Giants, Dirty Comets, Dreadful Orbits, and the Origins of the Night Sky
- De: Erik Asphaug
- Narrado por: Adam Verner
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 47
In 1959, the Soviet probe Luna 3 took the first photos of the far side of the Moon. Even in their poor resolution, the images stunned scientists: The far side is an enormous mountainous expanse, not the vast lava plains seen from Earth. Subsequent missions have confirmed this in much greater detail. How could this be, and what might it tell us about our own place in the universe? As it turns out, quite a lot. When the Earth Had Two Moons is an astonishing exploration of planet formation and the origins of life by one of the world’s most innovative planetary geologists.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Poorly written, poorly narrated
- De RickyF en 05-11-23
De: Erik Asphaug
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The Enceladus Mission
- Ice Moon 1
- De: Brandon Q. Morris
- Narrado por: Doug Tisdale Jr.
- Duración: 8 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 209
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 187
In the year 2031, a robot probe detects traces of biological activity on Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons. This sensational discovery shows that there is indeed evidence of extraterrestrial life. Fifteen years later, a hurriedly built spacecraft sets out on the long journey to the ringed planet and its moon. The international crew is not just facing a difficult twenty-seven months: if the spacecraft manages to make it to Enceladus without incident it must use a drillship to penetrate the kilometer-thick sheet of ice that entombs the moon.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Robotic performance, potentially interesting story
- De Opa en 02-21-19
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The Last Stargazers
- The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers
- De: Emily Levesque
- Narrado por: Janet Metzger
- Duración: 11 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
Humans from the earliest civilizations were spellbound by the night sky - craning their necks each night, they used the stars to orient themselves in the large, strange world around them. Stargazing is a pursuit that continues to fascinate us: from Copernicus to Carl Sagan, astronomers throughout history have spent their lives trying to answer the biggest questions in the universe. Now, award-winning astronomer Emily Levesque shares the stories of modern-day stargazers.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Searching for Stuff in the Darkness
- De Warpedland en 10-11-22
De: Emily Levesque
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Seveneves
- A Novel
- De: Neal Stephenson
- Narrado por: Mary Robinette Kowal, Will Damron
- Duración: 31 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Odd narrator choice
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De: Neal Stephenson
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Space Chronicles
- Facing the Ultimate Frontier
- De: Neil deGrasse Tyson
- Narrado por: Mirron Willis
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 695
With his signature wit and thought-provoking insights, Neil deGrasse Tyson - one of our foremost thinkers on all things space - illuminates the past, present, and future of space exploration and brilliantly reminds us why NASA matters now as much as ever. As Tyson reveals, exploring the space frontier can profoundly enrich many aspects of our daily lives, from education systems and the economy to national security and morale.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The least helpful review of Space Chronicles.
- De Joshua Kring en 06-17-15
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Last Day on Mars
- Chronicle of the Dark Star Series, Book 1
- De: Kevin Emerson
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 7 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 42
Liam Saunders-Chang is one of the last humans left on Mars. The son of two scientists who have been racing against time to create technology vital to humanity's survival, Liam, along with his friend Phoebe, will be on the last starliner to depart before Mars, like Earth before it, is destroyed. Or so he thinks. Because before this day is over, Liam and Phoebe will make a series of profound discoveries about the nature of time and space and find out that the human race is just one of many in our universe locked in a dangerous struggle for survival.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story, great narrator
- De Allie-Lex Funk en 01-17-21
De: Kevin Emerson
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2001
- A Space Odyssey
- De: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 6 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 12,290
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 10,708
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 10,677
It has been 40 years since the publication of this classic science-fiction novel that changed the way we look at the stars and ourselves. From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man adventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a journey unlike any other.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Movie Makes More Sense Now
- De Douglas en 12-10-08
De: Arthur C. Clarke
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The Planets
- De: Professor Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen
- Narrado por: Samuel West
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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Mercury, a lifeless victim of the Sun’s expanding power. Venus, once thought to be lush and fertile, now known to be trapped within a toxic and boiling atmosphere. Mars, the red planet, doomed by the loss of its atmosphere. Jupiter, twice the size of all the other planets combined, but insubstantial. Saturn, a stunning celestial beauty, the jewel of our Solar System. Uranus, the sideways planet and the first ice giant. Neptune, dark, cold and whipped by supersonic winds. Pluto, the dwarf planet, a frozen rock.
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3 out of 5 stars
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baroque and flowery verbiage
- De Chris en 01-14-20
De: Professor Brian Cox, y otros
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Five Billion Years of Solitude
- The Search for Life Among the Stars
- De: Lee Billings
- Narrado por: Lee Billings
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 56
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 50
Since its formation nearly five billion years ago, our planet has been the sole living world in a vast and silent universe. Now, Earth's isolation is coming to an end. Over the past two decades, astronomers have discovered thousands of "exoplanets" orbiting other stars, including some that could be similar to our own world. Studying those distant planets for signs of life will be crucial to understanding life's intricate mysteries right here on Earth. In a firsthand account of this unfolding revolution, Lee Billings draws on interviews with top researchers.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Bloated
- De Dr A en 01-09-14
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How to Speak Science
- Gravity, Relativity, and Other Ideas That Were Crazy Until Proven Brilliant
- De: Bruce Benamran, Stephanie Delozier Strobel
- Narrado por: Braden Wright
- Duración: 13 h y 11 m
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As smartphones, supercomputers, supercolliders, and AI propel us into an ever more unfamiliar future, How to Speak Science takes us on a rollicking historical tour of the greatest discoveries and ideas that make today's cutting-edge technologies possible. Wanting everyone to be able to "speak" science, YouTube science guru Bruce Benamran explains - as accessibly and wittily as in his acclaimed videos - the fundamental ideas of the physical world: matter, life, the solar system, light, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, special and general relativity, and much more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wowzers!
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Ringworld
- De: Larry Niven
- Narrado por: Tom Parker
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General4 out of 5 stars 8,572
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6,623
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 6,647
Welcome to Ringworld, an intermediate step between Dyson Spheres and planets. The gravitational force created by a rotation on its axis of 770 miles per second means no need for a roof. Walls 1,000 miles high at each rim will let in the sun and prevent much air from escaping. Larry Niven's novel, Ringworld, is the winner of the 1970 Hugo Award for Best Novel, the 1970 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and the 1972 Ditmars, an Australian award for Best International Science Fiction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Genuinely Creative
- De Kennet en 05-25-03
De: Larry Niven
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Starplex
- De: Robert J. Sawyer
- Narrado por: Mark Boyett, Robert J. Sawyer
- Duración: 11 h y 1 m
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Twenty years after the discovery of artificial wormholes launches Earth space exploration to unforeseeable heights, Starplex Director Keith Lansing investigates a mysterious vessel that soon threatens the station with intergalactic war.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Tribute to Arthur C. Clarke
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 06-23-12
De: Robert J. Sawyer
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18 Miles
- The Epic Drama of Our Atmosphere and Its Weather
- De: Christopher Dewdney
- Narrado por: Angelo Di Loreto
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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We live at the bottom of an ocean of air - 5,200 million million tons, to be exact. It sounds like a lot, but Earth’s atmosphere is smeared onto its surface in an alarmingly thin layer - 99 percent contained within 18 miles. Yet, within this fragile margin lies a magnificent realm - at once gorgeous, terrifying, capricious, and elusive. With his keen eye for identifying and uniting seemingly unrelated events, Chris Dewdney reveals to us the invisible rivers in the sky that affect how our weather works and the structure of clouds and storms and seasons, the rollercoaster of climate.
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1 out of 5 stars
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10% science, 90% other stuff
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- The Men and Women Who Brought the Astronauts Home
- De: Jack Clemons
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 8 h y 48 m
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In this one-of-a-kind memoir, Jack Clemons - a former lead engineer in support of NASA - takes listeners behind the scenes and into the inner workings of the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs during their most exciting years. Discover the people, the events, and the risks involved in one of the most important parts of space missions: bringing the astronauts back home to Earth. Clemons joined Project Apollo in 1968, a young engineer inspired by science fiction and electrified by John F. Kennedy's challenge to the nation to put a man on the moon.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Jack Clemons has all the right stuff in this book
- De Michael N. Kafes en 10-16-18
De: Jack Clemons
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The Universe
- Leading Scientists Explore the Origin, Mysteries, and Future of the Cosmos
- De: John Brockman
- Narrado por: Antony Ferguson, Danny Campbell, Jo Anna Perrin
- Duración: 12 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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In The Universe, today's most influential science writers explain the science behind our evolving understanding of The Universe and everything in it, including the cutting-edge research and discoveries that are shaping our knowledge. Lee Smolin reveals how math and cosmology are helping us create a theory of the whole universe. Neil Turok analyzes the fundamental laws of nature, what came before the big bang, and the possibility of a unified theory. And much more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Equivalant to reading 25 books
- De Gary en 10-05-14
De: John Brockman
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One of Ten Billion Earths
- How We Learn About Our Planet's past and Future from Distant Exoplanets
- De: Karel Schrijver
- Narrado por: Steve Menasche
- Duración: 14 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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This audiobook explores how the discoveries within the Solar System and of exoplanets far beyond it come together to help us understand the habitability of Earth, and how these findings guide the search for exoplanets that could support life. The author highlights how, within two decades of the discovery of the first planets outside the Solar System in the 1990s, scientists concluded that planets are so common that most stars are orbited by them. The lives of exoplanets and their stars are inextricably interwoven.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating book !
- De Tibor en 10-15-21
De: Karel Schrijver
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Exoplanets
- Worlds Without End
- De: Scientific American
- Narrado por: Alex Boyles
- Duración: 5 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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In the two decades since astronomers first discovered the existence of a planet outside of our solar system, “exoplanetology” has become the hottest specialty in astrophysics. Scientists young and old, inspired by the thought of finding either another habitable world or the Holy Grail of space exploration - life itself - flocked to be part of this burgeoning field. With so much brainpower on hand, it’s no wonder that investigative techniques advanced more quickly than anyone would have thought.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exoplanet research is exciting and now possible
- De Vladimir A. en 01-11-23
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Dark Matter and Dark Energy
- The Hidden 95% of the Universe
- De: Brian Clegg
- Narrado por: Mark Cameron
- Duración: 4 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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All the matter and light we can see in the universe makes up a trivial five per cent of everything. The rest is hidden. This could be the biggest puzzle that science has ever faced. Since the 1970s, astronomers have been aware that galaxies have far too little matter in them to account for the way they spin around: they should fly apart, but something concealed holds them together. That ’something' is dark matter - invisible material in five times the quantity of the familiar stuff of stars and planets.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Breezy style, but some painful pronunciation
- De Gordon M. en 02-06-22
De: Brian Clegg
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre An Earthling's Guide to Outer Space
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- paro
- 09-02-23
Great intro and overview
Great intro and overview, excellent icebreaker for children and young adults, but it worked for me too
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- Anonymous User
- 11-28-23
A Great Listen
This book is educational, and very interesting. It explains how to become an astronaut, what the future of space will likely be like, and has some very funny chapters. The book writer is an absolute genius! The narrator was a bit hard to listen to. He has a slightly scratchy voice, though still pretty good for listening. It was a little more for kids, but still a great listen. I highly recommend this book.
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