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Packing for Mars - The Curious Science of Life in the Void

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor Mary Roach is the author of seven best-selling works of nonfiction, including Grunt, Stiff, and, most recently, Fuzz. Her writing has appeared in National Geographic and the New York Times Magazine, among other publications. She lives in California. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity.

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Authors Mary Roach
Publisher Norton and Co Ltd
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 02.09.2010
 
EAN 9780393068474
ISBN 978-0-393-06847-4
Dimensions 150 mm x 217 mm x 24 mm
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy

Science, Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics, SCIENCE / Space Science

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