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PACKING FOR MARS
THE CURIOUS SCIENCE OF LIFE IN THE VOID |
| By: |
Mary Roach |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£21.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0393068471 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780393068474 |
| Publisher: |
WW NORTON & CO |
| Pub. date: |
24 August, 2010 |
| Pages: |
334 |
| Description: |
The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. |
| Synopsis: |
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 Mary Roach 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), Roach takes us on a surreally entertaining trip into the science of life in space and space on Earth." |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
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US |
| Imprint: |
WW Norton & Co |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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