112 113 Acknowledgements There were many people who helped in the creation of this book, at the National Space Academy, the National Space Centre, Beyond Curious design agency, and Schools Mailing. Thank you to everyone involved. Also, thanks go to the UK Space Agency for its financial support, as well as the National Literacy Trust and Department for Education for promoting project such as this through the National Year of Reading 2026. However, there is a special group that the authors wish to thank by name. At the beginning of the process, a set of young people were invited to the National Space Centre, through its Community Engagement Programme. They explored what themes, characters and story lines would be of interest. Then, once the book was written, we invited another group to try it out for us and tell us what they thought of it. It is thanks to these intrepid explorers that the story you have just read exists in the way it does today. They are: Zuzanna Wisniowska, Sinéad Robbie, Joshua Braker, Alexander Abrahamyan, Aria Patel, Ibrahim Zihar, Jane Wilson, Idris Mohammed, Janak Suchak, Yara Alzghoul, Nyyle Dsouza, Jewindu Arachchige, Emilia-Elena Blanaru, Naraya Mahrus, Khadija Ganatra, Daniel Nazarej, Harald Vetra, Nafeesa Elkordy, Ali Elkordy, and Anya Ruparel Thank you to our real-life lunar base crew! Engineer: Kelsey Kelsey studied Space Engineering with the National Space Academy & Loughborough College before becoming a Manufacturing Engineer at Druck, a Baker Hughes company. His fascination with engineering began when he started building space-related models as a youngster. Mission Security: Jason Flight Lieutenant Jason is the UK Space Command Liaison Officer to the Royal Navy’s Operations Centre. He joined the RAF as a Trainee Pilot before becoming a Primary School Teacher and later re-joining the RAF. There are many more jobs across the whole space industry – if you take a look, you’re sure to find something you really like the look of.
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