Third Book in The Adventures of Curtis, Connie, and Cosmic Cat

I'm about ninety pages into my eighty page third book in The Adventures of Curtis, Connie, and Cosmic Cat. When reduced to its six by nine inch format and add the drawings this will be about fifteen pages over the hundred and fifty I was shooting for. I still have about ten more pages to write. I'll either have to make this book longer or cut some things out. It's better than having to add something in.

Science Snippet for today:

When an astronaut is launched into space it is during a window—what is meant by this?

A launch window is determined by the relative velocity and position of the object in space that the astronaut is attempting to reach. Most space launches are limited in their ability to reach a desired target. This is because of the limitation of thrust and fuel carrying ability. A rocket must be launched within a certain time or it won’t have enough fuel to reach the place in space it is trying to get to. This is sort of like when an athlete is running a relay race. The athlete must start out, at the correct time, and get to the other racer at the correct time with the correct velocity or the baton won’t be passed correctly.

Rewriting book and Science Snippets

I've pulled a science fiction book out that I completed a number of weeks ago after about six rewrites. I believe that a person's writing gets better with age--age of the book being written and not necessarily the age of the person writing it. I've had time to write a number of other things and have returned to the book with a fresh mind and hopefully it won't require too much work. I've completed the first three chapters and it's not too bad yet. The dialogue needed some help but the book seems flow along as it should. I've started on my drawings for the third book in the Adventures of Curtis, Connie, and Cosmic Cat also. I'm trying to hold the length of this book oriented towards young readers down to around a hundred and fifty pages, but may have a difficult time, unless I let some of it spill over as part of second book. We'll see how it goes.

The new Science Snippet follows:

When an astronaut is launched into space it is during a window—what is meant by this?

A launch window is determined by the relative velocity and position of the object in space that the astronaut is attempting to reach. Most space launches are limited in their ability to reach a desired target. This is because of the limitation of thrust and fuel carrying ability. A rocket must be launched within a certain time or it won’t have enough fuel to reach the place in space it is trying to get to. This is sort of like when an athlete is running a relay race. The athlete must start out, at the correct time, and get to the other racer at the correct time with the correct velocity or the baton won’t be passed correctly.

New Science Snippet from Texas Author

For everybody's edification here's a science snippet:

Why is a total solar eclipse possible?

This is a bit of a tricky one and has to do with the relative sizes of the moon and the sun as seen from the earth. The sun appears to be the same size as the moon and is therefore able to completely block out the sun. If the moon were to be larger or smaller we wouldn't have the spectacular eclipses that we have. It turns out that both the sun and moon are about a 110 times their diameter away from the earth. Any round object that is 110 times away from the observer will appear to be the same size as the moon or the sun.

I'm a neophyte in doing this but if anybody needs an independent review of a work--preferably science or science fiction, or at least related to science or science fiction, I'll be glad to look at it. I have an extensive physical science background and have worked in many different areas of science. I'm currently writing science based study guides and science fiction novels. I have also published two books for young readers with a modicum of science in each of them. You have my permission to review them both. If you do I'd appreciate your sending me your review. The books are "Astronaut Training" and "A Visit to the Farm." Have a good day.