Packing for Mars : the curious science of life in the void / Mary Roach.
Roach, Mary.
2010
QH327 .R63 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Packing for Mars : the curious science of life in the void / Mary Roach.
Author
Roach, Mary.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780393068474
0393068471
Publication Details
New York : W.W. Norton, c2010.
Language
English
Description
334 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Call Number
QH327 .R63 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
571.0919
Summary
The author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be human. How much can a person give up? How much weirdness can they take? What happens to you when you can't walk for a year? have sex? smell flowers? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a space walk? Is it possible for the human body to survive a bailout at 17,000 miles per hour? To answer these questions, space agencies set up all manner of quizzical and startlingly bizarre space simulations. As the author discovers, it's possible to preview space without ever leaving Earth. From the space shuttle training toilet to a crash test of NASA's new space capsule (cadaver filling in for astronaut), she takes us on a surreally entertaining trip into the science of life in space and space on Earth.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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