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Book Cover for: Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void, Mary Roach

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

Mary Roach

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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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • Publish Date: Oct 4th, 2022
  • Pages: 352
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.29in - 5.47in - 0.77in - 0.86lb
  • EAN: 9781324036050
  • Categories: • Aeronautics & Astronautics• Space Science - Astronomy• Physics - Astrophysics

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About the Author

Roach, Mary: - 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.

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Earliest stage tech investor with https://t.co/Yys8dhy1yK. I like hard & important problems. Aspiring woodworker and Girl Dad.

@AndrewCrow Also have Rubin on the docket. New Andy weir Arthur Clarke: Rama II Mary Roach: packing for Mars

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Rosemary Mosco (Bird And Moon Comics)
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Nature cartoonist, bird artist, author of many science books. About: https://t.co/kDaXe6gEoz Comics: https://t.co/DdkdIek8nh Climate: @climate_comic. She/her.

@sgrimbly Oh I always enjoy anything by Mary Roach! Have you read Packing for Mars?

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David B. Larter
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Navy vet. Tweets on Navy, space, watches, scotch, history & other random unserious musings. All opinions mine, not employer's. Formerly Defense News, Navy Times

Packing for Mars by Mary Roach is funny. Apparently being pissy with mission control is a known astronaut psychological phenomenon. It's a way of redirecting your frustration with your fellow astronauts toward people with whom personal conflicts don't impact the mission

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