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PIMP MY
SPACESHIP!
How do you revamp an old banger of a space shuttle
into a mean, lean light-speed cruising machine?
You’ll need some serious muscle to reach even our
closest star, Proxima Centauri (a distance equal to Max your comfort
50 million trips to the Moon and back). If you want It will be a long ride, so let’s rip out
to be a serious cosmic player, you’ll also have to deal those old seats and replace them with
comfy chairs and headrests with built-in
with nasty bugs, microgravity, radiation, and the risk massage pads. In space, you can play your
of a collision. Luxurious features and a bit of bling music as loud as you want, so a thumping
audio system is a must.
will keep your crew happy—the last thing you want
is a mutiny in deep space!
Superfly controls
Flying the old space shuttle was
like driving a brick with wings, so
flip the script with state-of-the-art
cockpit controls and an awesome
navigation system. Whizzing
through space, you’ll need these
to avoid being splattered by big
chunks of space rocks.
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