Packing for the curious science of life in the void by mary roach. Travelling to space centres across the u. S. We also meet the animals who preceded the first humans into space.

The book is written through an agency lens, focusing primarily on nasa and several other nations’ space programs. There’s so much history here that was never even hinted at when the first moon landing was covered in high school history. Don't get me w...  Read More

The 335-page book includes sixteen chapters, a timeline and a bibliography. It's easy enough for the layman to understand, due to clear, skillful writing and some simplification. High calling by evelyn husband is a treasure.

Among some of the more logistical topics, she covers toilets in space, space craziness.

She does so through the comments and writings of individuals that span from the comical to the poignant. It's a fun book, but it's also amazingly funny!

Mary roach seems to have a fixation of * functions. Ms roach discusses how rank underwear gets after two weeks (as any mountaineer can attest), but makes no mention of what would happen on a much longer trip to mars.

Mary roach's packing for mars is an odd compilation of stories best fit for the trailer park recycling bin. The author focuses a large majority of her attention on a somewhat juvenile approach to being an astronaut. Maybe the reverential alan bean mee...  Read More

The book is amusing, but it could have been much more enlightening -- and interesting. I’m ticked that i was lied to about it’s “newness”.