Beyond Earth: How Space Exploration Affects Life at Home
About this ebook
- This STEM title examines space exploration today, how it benefits information and communication systems here on Earth, what it has taught us about human health and how space exploration can help solve issues such as the effects of climate change and declining resources on the planet.
- As the Artemis program prepares to send humans back to the moon and eventually to Mars, this topic is extremely topical.
- It deals with themes including the climate crisis; greenhouse gases emissions; alternative energy sources; health care and medical solutions; technology and innovation and food security.
- Each chapter features profiles of astronauts of the past, present and future such as Yuri Gagarin, Sally Ride, Chris Hadfield, the Artemis Crew and space tourists.
- This book is written by a mother-son team. Yolanda Ridge is an award-winning nonfiction writer with a specialty in science. She has two books in the Orca Footprints series. Oliver Ridge is studying astrophysics and is a Schulich Leader scholar at the University of Western Ontario.
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About the author
Yolanda Ridge is the author of fiction and nonfiction books for young readers, including What Poo Can Do: How Animals Are Fighting the Climate Crisis, Microbes to the Rescue: Using Bacteria, Algae and Fungi to Clean Up the Planet and two additional juvenile nonfiction titles from Annick Press. She’s also written several middle-grade novels, including two environment-themed titles for Orca Young Readers. She has a master of science degree and is adept at making complex concepts understandable—a skill she uses in her science writing and teaching. Yolanda lives in Rossland, British Columbia.
Oliver Ridge is a Schulich Leader scholar at the University of Western Ontario. He’s been inspired by the beauty of space for as long as he can remember and hopes to pursue a career in astrophysics. This is his first published book.
