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1 online resource (269 pages) |
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Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Contents -- Countdown -- 1 He's Smart But His Birds Are Sloppy -- Japan picks an astronaut -- 2 Life in a Box -- The perilous psychology of isolation and confinement -- 3 Star Crazy -- Can space blow your mind? -- 4 You Go First -- The alarming prospect of life without gravity -- 5 Unstowed -- Escaping gravity on board NASA's C-9 -- 6 Throwing Up and Down -- The astronaut's secret misery -- 7 The Cadaver in the Space Capsule -- NASA visits the crash test lab -- 8 One Furry Step for Mankind -- The strange careers of Ham and Enos -- 9 Next Gas: 200,000 Miles -- Planning a moon expedition is tough, but not as tough as planning a simulated one -- 10 Houston, We Have a Fungus -- Space hygiene and the men who stopped bathing for science -- 11 The Horizontal Stuff -- What if you never got out of bed? -- 12 The Three-Dolphin Club -- Mating without gravity -- 13 Withering Heights -- Bailing out from space -- 14 Separation Anxiety -- The continuing saga of zero gravity elimination -- 15 Discomfort Food -- When veterinarians make dinner, and other tales of woe from aerospace test kitchens -- 16 Eating Your Pants -- Is Mars worth it? -- Acknowledgements -- Time Line -- Bibliography -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR. |
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| ISBN |
9781780740874 (electronic bk.) |
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