Packing for Mars
The Curious Science of Life in the Void
By Mary Roach
(W. W. Norton & Company, Paperback, 9780393339918, 334pp.)
Publication Date: April 2011
Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover, Compact Disc, MP3 CD, Compact Disc, MP3 CD, Compact Disc, MP3 CD, Paperback
Categories: Aeronautics & Astronautics
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Description
"America's funniest science writer" ("Washington Post") returns to explore the irresistibly strange universe of life without gravity in this "New York Times" bestseller.
Monday, Aug 2, 2010
A manned mission to Mars would take a minimum of two years from lift off to homecoming, but the most difficult engineering problem isn't how we get there; it's what we do once we're on our way. Mary Roach, author of Packing For Mars, explains why we can't take beer into space and other challenges of space travel. More at NPR.org
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