The traveler's guide to space : for one-way settlers and round-trip tourists / Neil F. Comins.
By: Comins, Neil F.
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]Description: viii, 285 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780231177542 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Space flight -- Physiological effect | Manned space flightGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RC1150.C66 2017 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000012091 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-274) and index.
Introduction -- Preparing for space -- Science and the solar system over easy -- Brief descriptions of journeys through space -- Preparing for your trip -- Training for space travel -- Adjusting to space -- Launch -- Adjustments during the first few days -- Long-term physical adjustments to space -- Getting along in space : psychological and sociological aspects of space travel -- Making the most of experiences in space -- Experiences by destination -- Home! sweet? home? -- Emigrating to Mars or returning to Earth.