Book excerpt: Brimming with facts that will expand your universe, this book takesou on a journey into the outer reaches of space and humannderstanding.earn about the origins of the Universe, its size and its power. Get torips with the Solar System and all the orbiting bodies within it thenarvel at the ingenuity of man in creating rockets, satellites androbes. Packed with facts, charts and informative diagrams, Outerpace in Your Pocket is a pocket fact guide to the Universe