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Aug 2, 2010 · PACKING FOR MARS ends with the acknowledgement that pure research on Mars is probably best conducted by robots, computers and pure hardware technology without benefit of man's presence. But, she also suggests that, since government are so prone to fritter away vast sums of money on unproductive and entirely wasteful projects anyway, perhaps it may actually be prudent to plan some frivolous ...
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Apr 4, 2011 · Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. Mary Roach. W. W. Norton & Company, Apr 4, 2011 - Science - 352 pages. “America’s funniest science writer” (Washington Post) explores the irresistibly strange universe of life without gravity in this New York Times bestseller. The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the ...
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- Mary Roach
- W. W. Norton & Company, 2011
From the space shuttle training toilet to a crash test of NASA's new space capsule (cadaver filling in for astronaut), Packing for Mars takes us on a surreally entertaining trip into the science of life in space and space on Earth. Praise for Packing for Mars: New York Times #6 Bestseller. S.F. Chronicle #1 Bestseller.
Aug 27, 2010 · By Camille M. Carlisle. August 27, 2010 at 10:30 am. Consider everything you do in 24 hours. Now consider doing it without gravity. Roach’s new book explores just that, unveiling the “man ...
Prologue Summary: “Countdown”. Mary Roach’s perspective on humans and space travel is different from that of a rocket scientist. For the scientist, humans are unpredictable, emotional, and vulnerable—the troublesome antithesis to the clockwork reliability of machines. In contrast, for Roach, these human limitations make space travel ...
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