Space Rocks: The Story of Planetary Geologist Adriana Ocampo - Brossura

Hopping, Lorraine Jean; Ocampo, Adriana

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ISBN 10: 0309095557 ISBN 13: 9780309095556

Casa editrice: Natl Academy Pr, 2006

Riassunto

Describes the life of planetary geologist Adriana Ocampo, from her upbringing in Argentina to her job at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory while she worked her way through college and her exciting work in the field.

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Adriana Ocampo grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, dreaming about exploring planets. She never doubted that all her dreams would come true someday. How did Adriana land a job with NASA, the U.S. space agency, while still in her teens? How did a robot parked on Mars make her fall in love with rocks and instantly decide to become a planetary geologist? Adriana's imagination and can-do attitude have led her to a life of science adventures. Adriana helped find the missing Crater of Doom, a hole blasted out of Earth by a killer space rock 65 million years ago, when the dinosaurs died out. Now she's searching the world for the stuff that came from that crater. Between rock digs she explores other planets through the electronic eyes of NASA's robotic spacecraft. How did an imaginative young girl with a dream of space exploration become a planetary geologist? Author Lorraine Jean Hopping makes the woman and her science come to life on every page, delighting readers of all ages.

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• Editore: Natl Academy Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0309095557
• ISBN 13: 9780309095556
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 118