@article{855713,
      recid = {855713},
      author = {Kelly, Scott, and Dean, Margaret Lazarus,},
      title = {Endurance : a year in space, a lifetime of discovery /},
      pages = {387 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :},
      note = {"This is a Borzoi book."},
      abstract = {The veteran of four space flights and the American record  holder for consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has  experienced things very few have. Now, he takes us inside a  sphere utterly inimical to human life. He describes  navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight,  both existential and banal: the devastating effects on the  body; the isolation from everyone he loves and the comforts  of Earth; the pressures of constant close cohabitation; the  catastrophic risks of depressurization or colliding with  space junk, and the still more haunting threat of being  unable to help should tragedy strike at home -- an  agonizing situation Kelly faced when, on another mission,  his twin brother's wife, Gabrielle Giffords, was shot while  he still had two months in space. Kelly's humanity,  compassion, humor, and passion resonate throughout, as he  recalls his rough-and-tumble New Jersey childhood and the  youthful inspiration that sparked his astounding career,  and as he makes clear his belief that Mars will be the  next, ultimately challenging step in American spaceflight.  Here we see the triumph of the human imagination, the  strength of the human will, and the boundless wonder of the  galaxy.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/855713},
}