Web-spinning space spiders
Subtitle: meet NASA inventor Robert Hoyt and his team's
By: World book
Series: Out of this world
Publisher: World Book Inc.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780716661573
Subjects: United States; Space vehicles; Exploration; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Officials and employees; Robotics; Juvenile literature; Design and construction
Description: "A volume describing the innovations of Robert Hoyt. Hoyt is developing a robotic technology called SpiderFab that builds spacecraft while in orbit around Earth"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ages 5-11.
Table of contents: title: The trouble with gravity; title: Getting into orbit; title: Inventor feature : mentor and partner; title: The high cost of space exploration; title: Building big, building light; title: Building in orbit; title: Inventor feature : the Bat Cave; title: Spidery builders; title: Inventor feature : the invention process; title: Trusses on trusses; title: Big idea : additive manufacturing; title: Building a star shade; title: Settling the solar system; title: Robert Hoyt and his team.