Table of Contents Moving Ideas 5 Hyperloop Will Hype Become Reality 6 Container Ships Giants of the Seas 12 Drones What’s the Buzz 18 Rockets and Rovers What’s up in Space 24 Cars When Less Is More 32 Nanotechnology Transforming Transportation 38 Glossary 46 Index 47 Show What You Know 47 Websites to Visit 47 About the Author 48
Moving Ideas Transportation is about more than how you get to school It’s about how the clothes you’re wearing crossed the ocean And how the satellite that transmits your favorite television show made it into orbit And even how your running shoes can still bounce after your tenth 5K race Today’s transportation relies on ideas and innovations from science technology engineering art and math or STEAM for short Let’s zoom in on some of those ideas They’re approaching at rocket speed 5
