The practical science of living in space
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The practical science of living in space
Space travel here is examined through the ordinary needs and unusual tests that make life beyond Earth possible. Mary Roach connects the realities of living without gravity with examples ranging from Space Shuttle toilet training to a crash test of NASA’s new space capsule. The scope also reaches back to consider how spaceflight relates to life on Earth, framing astronautics as both an engineering challenge and a question of human adaptation. The book’s subject is not only getting into space, but working out how people and equipment function there.
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The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. From the Space Shuttle training toilet to a crash test of NASA's new space capsule, Mary Roach takes us on the surreally entertaining trip into the science of life in space and space on Earth.
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