Endurance a year in space, a lifetime of discovery [LP]
The veteran of four space flights and the American record holder for consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few have. Now, he takes us inside a sphere utterly inimical to human life. He describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both existe...
| Main Authors: | Kelly, Scott, 1964- (Author), Dean, Margaret Lazarus, 1972- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book Large Print |
| Language: | English |
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[New York] :
Random House Large Print,
[2017]
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| Summary: |
The veteran of four space flights and the American record holder for consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few have. Now, he takes us inside a sphere utterly inimical to human life. He describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both existential and banal: the devastating effects on the body; the isolation from everyone he loves and the comforts of Earth; the pressures of constant close cohabitation; the catastrophic risks of depressurization or colliding with space junk, and the still more haunting threat of being unable to help should tragedy strike at home--an agonizing situation Kelly faced when, on another mission, his twin brother's wife, Gabrielle Giffords, was shot while he still had two months in space. |
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| Physical Description: |
603 pages (large print) ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780525590057 0525590056 |
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