Kid's Cosmic Questions
All the questions 5th graders had about space and weren't afraid to ask

Several organizations, universities, and individuals maintain websites covering a broader range of information about space than is addressed here. This is a list of some of those sites.
| Questions about our solar system:
These are the questions you asked about the structure, formation, and history of the planets that make up our solar system. |
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Questions about other star
systems:
These are the questions asked about stars other than our Sun and their environs. |
| Questions about spacecraft:
Questions about spacecraft and space travel are answered in this section. |
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| Questions about astronauts:
This section contains answers to questions about astronauts and some of the phenomena encountered while living in space. |
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| Questions about life and living in space:
These are the questions you asked about life in space, the prospects for life on other worlds, and how we could create an environment to make living in space possible. |
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Miscellaneous questions:
This section contains an assortment of questions about space, stellar objects and space phenomena that I haven't catagorized yet. |
This web site was inspired by two question and answer sessions I ran for a friend's 5th grade class in Navasota, TX and the knowledge that her school would soon be getting internet access.
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