BRAIN GAME TREASURE HUNTS SPACE PUZZLES by Dr Gareth Moore Minneapolis
CONTENTS Space Puzzles Introduction Preparing for launch Blast Off Destination Moon Lunar Landing On the Moon Searching for Fuel The Moon’s Hangar Automated Carts Loading the Fuel Returning Home Space Puzzles Hints Space Puzzles Solutions Index 5 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 30 32
SPACE PUZZLES INTRODUCTION Welcome to NASA announces the sign as you enter the space exploration center You’ve been invited on a unique behind-the-scenes tour You’ll even get to put on a real space suit and sit on the control deck of the latest experimental spaceship This is a special kind of book It contains a story with lots of puzzles but these aren’t normal puzzles like you will have seen before These puzzles don’t tell you exactly what to do they provide only a certain amount of information and then it’s up to you to work out what to do and how to solve them If you get stuck or aren’t sure how to solve a puzzle there are hints provided The hints are an important part of each puzzle and you will need them for at least a few of the puzzles When reading the hints for a puzzle read them one at a time and only read the later hints if you are still stuck Working out what to do is part of the fun MILESTONES IN SPACE 1957 First animal in orbit 1959 First lunar probe 1961 First person in space 1966 First lunar soft landing 1969 First person on the moon PST EST GMT CET WORLD CLOCKS PST Pacific Standard Time 8 00 EST Eastern Standard Time 5 00 GMT Greenwich Mean Time 0 00 CET Central European Time 1 00 5
