Packing for Mars The Curious Science of Life in the Void [Paperback]

[Roachs] style is at its most substantialand most hilariousin the zero-gravity realm thatThe book is an often hilarious, sometimes queasy-making catalog of the strange stuff devised to permit people to survive in an environment for which their bodies are stupendously unsuited. With an unflinching eye, [Roach] launches readers into the thick of spaceflights grossest engineering challenges.Truly funny&Roachs writing is supremely accessible, but theres never a moment when you arent aware of how much research shes done into unexplored reaches of space travel.This is the kind of smart, smirky stuff that Roach does so well.Roach deftly guides her readers&They never completely lose sight of the accomplishments of space travel, even as they take delight in the absurdities that, in the end, make those successes all the more sublime.[Roach] has once again discovered a winner of a subject&Roachs strange enthusiasm for all things oddball&makesAn utterly fascinating account, made all the more entertaining by the authors ever-amused tone.Roach provides a highly readable, often hilarious, guide.Cool answers to questions about the void you didnt even know you had.A more realistic view of life in space than we have ever gotten from a NASA broadcast.Its all about those things NASA doesnt delve into at press conferences.Over the course of several frank chapters, Roach explores the nitty-gritty details of life in space that filmmakers and historians tend to gloss over&Roachs wide-eyed wonder&setsAmericas funniest science writer (