Packing for Mars (eBook)

The Curious Science of Life in Space

Mary Roach (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011
312 Seiten
Oneworld Publications (Verlag)
978-1-78074-087-4 (ISBN)

Infos

What happens when you vomit during a space walk? The bestselling author of Stiff explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravitySpace is devoid of the stuff humans need to live: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh veg, privacy, beer. How much can a person give up? What happens when you can't walk for a year? Is sex any fun in zero gravity? What's it like being cooped up in a metal box with a few people for months at a time? As Mary Roach discovers, it's possible to explore space without ever leaving Earth. From the space shuttle training toilet to a 17,000 mile-per-hour crash test of NASA's space capsule (cadaver stepping in), she takes us on a surreally entertaining trip into the science of living in space.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
• ISBN-10: 1-78074-087-5 / 1780740875
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78074-087-4 / 9781780740874