Packing for Mars

The Curious Science of Life in the Void

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Mary Roach: Packing for Mars (2011, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.)

336, pagine

lingua English

Pubblicato il 2011 da Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W..

ISBN:
978-0-393-07910-4
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Space is devoid of the stuff humans need to live: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh veg, privacy, beer. How much can a person give up? What happens when you can't walk for a year? Is sex any fun in zero gravity? As Mary Roach discovers, it's possible to explore space without ever leaving Earth. From the space shuttle training toilet to a 17,000-mile-per-hour crash test of NASA's space capsule, she takes us on a surreally entertaining trip into the science of living in space.

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Mary Roach hits the sweet spot of being informative and entertaining; I really love her sense of humour. It's written with a light touch that often brings through the personalities of the astronauts. As a librarian who gives classes on digital literacy, I especially enjoyed the shredding of the Enos the chimp anecdote - check the sources, people. Not sure I can use it in class though.

Argomenti

  • Space flight, physiological effect
  • Space biology
  • Manned space flight