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“The theme of Roach’s book is ‘How does gravity, or the lack of it, affect us as humans?’ So in Packing for Mars, she tries to get you to understand the physical and psychological impacts of going into space on humans. What does space travel do to your bones, your heart, your brain? What is it like to defecate in space? Have people had sex in space? She finds answers to lots of these questions, but not all. Some of them are personal enough that folks at NASA aren’t inclined to discuss them. Packing for Mars is not the type of book you want to read as you’re eating. A lot of the sanitation issues, for example, are pretty grotesque.” Read more...
James Riordon, Science Writer
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