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I am and always have been something of a space-nerd-enthusiast. Dangle before me the opportunity to be an astronaut, and I shall melt into a gratified puddle. Any book pertaining to space has a high chance of captivating me. But this specific book practically led to binge-reading.
In addition to covering a fascinating topic - that of life in space - it also has the audacity to be extremely entertaining, vastly humorous, and written in such an easy, engrossing manner, that it never reads like a 'h ...more
In addition to covering a fascinating topic - that of life in space - it also has the audacity to be extremely entertaining, vastly humorous, and written in such an easy, engrossing manner, that it never reads like a 'h ...more
Mar 19, 2011
Julie
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This was an entertaining book that occasionally had me giggling out loud. And I even learned a few things too! It covers various aspects of the difficulties of humans going out into space and all the testing and research that is done...everything from G forces to the psychology of having no privacy in a small space to things that might be more, um, unusual or taboo to go into depth on. I was reading during lunch at work and found myself wondering what my coworkers would think if they knew I was
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A good third of this book is dedicated to the science of pooping and puking in space. That is to say, awesome!
Jul 24, 2013
Lise Petrauskas
marked it as to-read
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