Will humans ever be able to live on other planets? Former NASA astronaut Dr. Dave Williams is the person to ask.

It turns out that Earth is a pretty good place to live. Finding other habitable environments in space is no easy task: temperatures on Mercury are ten times hotter than on Earth; winter on Neptune lasts about forty years, and Uranus is ten billion miles (sixteen billion kilometers) away.

But there is one planet that looks promising: Mars. Even though it takes six months to get there, Mars most closely resembles Earth. So what would it take to make it habitable--and what would life look like there?

As in the other three titles in the Dr. Dave: Astronaut series, this book demystifies space travel. The science is explained in simple terms while the sense of adventure is ever-present. This book belongs in the hands of every child interested in space, and in every classroom where STEM is taught.

There are 52 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Annick Press Ltd .

Loredana Cunti specializes in children's entertainment, a former Senior VP of Children's Programming at Universal Pictures and a Cordon Bleu Pastry Chef. Loredana has developed book-based characters for TV including Geronimo Stilton and the Pink Panther. To Burp or Not to Burp is her first book. She lives in Toronto, ON, Canada. Co-Author Dr. Dave Williams is a Canadian astronaut who participated in spaceflights aboard two NASA space shuttles; he also became an aquanaut through undersea research in the world's only underwater research laboratory. Dr. Williams currently works in healthcare and is the CEO of a hospital near Toronto.

This book has the following chapters:

4/5 Welcome from Dr. Dave
6/7 Introduction: Dare to Dream

Chapter 1: Life on Earth

8/9 First Things First
10/13 The Perfect Planet
14/15 So, Why Leave?

Chapter 2: Know the Neighborhood

16/17 Looking for Locations
18/19 Rocky Road
20/21 Out of Gas
22/23 Tops for Terrestrials

Chapter 3: Moving Up?

24/25: Europa & Io
26/27: Enceladus & Titan
28/29 Moon Mission
30/31 Lunar Living
32/33 Destination: Mars
34/35 Life on the Red Planet
36/37 Moon or Mars?
38/39 Already There?
40/41 Space Cities

Chapter 4: Turning Dreams Into Reality

42/43 Danger Zone
44/45 Practice Makes Perfect
46/47 Go Farther, Stay Longer

48/49 Conclusion: What's Next?

50/51 Further Reading/Image Credits/Index