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Packing for Mars
by Mary Roach
The human side of space travel: toilets, hygiene, food, sex, psychology in zero gravity. Roach's most popular.
Read it if…
you want the unglamorous truth about astronauts.
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Skip it if…
you want rocketry.
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Three things you will actually use
- Bodies complicate space.
- Engineering meets biology.
- Humans are messy.
Do this first
Read the chapter on space toilets.
Our verdict
Roach on space.
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