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by Mary Roach

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The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. From the Space Shuttle training toilet to a crash test of NASA's new space capsule, Mary Roach takes us on the surreally entertaining trip into the science of life in space and space on Earth.

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  • Title Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
  • Author Mary Roach
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Publication date 2011-04-04
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents, Unabridged
  • ISBN 9780393339918 / 0393339912
  • Weight 0.57 lbs (0.26 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 1 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 2.54 cm)
  • Reading level 1070
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Space biology
  • Dewey Decimal Code 571.091

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  • New York Times Book Review, 05/01/2011, Page 24
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