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Introduction Have you ever tried to count the stars It’s hard to do You can count up only so high but eventually you lose track of where you started Space just like the number of stars that fill it is infinite It goes on and on and on 4
You can explore space by looking through a telescope For as long as human beings have lived we’ve been fascinated by the stars and planets The exciting thing about being alive today is that we have the technology to leave the Earth and explore those other planets What we’ll find there is a mystery Maybe we’ll meet other forms of life Maybe we’ll find other planets that the human race can colonize Maybe we’ll discover the origins of the universe In this book you’ll see how math helps scientists to understand space the size of the solar system and conditions on other planets If you’re interested in studying outer space you’re going to need to know math As you will see math is a large part of what makes space exploration possible 5
