CyberHunt: Calling All Astronauts

 

1. How fast do meteoroids heading into Earth's atmosphere travel?

http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/index_28oct99.html

 

2. If Americans could take vacations on the Space Shuttle, how much would they be willing to pay? How much would you be willing to pay?

http://www.stn2.com/stories/flymetothemoon/index.html

 

3. If space vacations do become a reality, what "space sports" might be invented?

http://www.spacefuture.com/tourism/sport.shtml.spa

 

4. How big is Kleopatra, the giant "dog bone" asteroid?

http://www.spacekids.com/solarsystem/dogbone_000510.html

 

5. how much hydrogen and oxygen do the Space Shuttle's engines burn in one minute? (Hint: Click on different parts of the Space Shuttle to learn about them. The main engines are outlined in orange.)

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/ssa/docs/Space.Shuttle/index.shtml

 

6. What is the name of the volcano on Venus?

http://www.nasm.edu/ceps/etp/compare/volc/volcs.html

 

7. Take the SpaceKids poll. What did you vote for?

http://apps.space.com/weekly_poll/polls.php3