Non-Fiction Pick of the Week: Packing for Mars
Packing for Mars: the curious science of life in the void by Mary Roach 2010
As you read this, the Curiosity rover is travelling towards Mars, and is expected to arrive next August. If there were humans aboard, things would be even more complex. Our bodies are not designed for weightlessness, or extra gravitational forces. We need to bring our air along with us. We may not get along with one another if we’re confined in close quarters for too long. Using extensive interviews with astronauts, cosmonauts, scientists and NASA officials, science writer Mary Roach has a written a gossipy history of space flight, while describing the anticipated problems of future space flight.
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2 comments:
This blog really revived my passion for reading! It would be great to find titles and resources regarding psychic methods and detailed insights about the signs of zodiac. Will definitely look forward to it!
As a tarot reader and a fan of alien worlds & possible civilizations, I think traveling to these places are very taxing on the human body and mind.
Unless we develop a super fast (ie FTL) method, we should not even attempt a manned trip to neighbouring planets.
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