Packing for Mars for kids
"What is it like to float weightlessly in the air? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a spacewalk? How do astronauts go to the bathroom? Is it true that they don't shower? Can farts really be deadly in space? Best-selling Mary Roach has the answers. In this whip-smart, funny, and inform...
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New York, N.Y. :
Norton Young Readers,
[2022]
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Packing for Mars for kids / |c Mary Roach. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, N.Y. : |b Norton Young Readers, |c [2022] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2022 | |
| 300 | |a 136 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 22 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a "Adapted from Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void"--Title page verso. | ||
| 500 | |a Includes index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Gravity rules -- What it's like to fly -- Barfing on the ceiling -- Toilet training for grown-ups -- Strange dinners -- Life without a bath -- Roommates for very small rooms. | |
| 520 | |a "What is it like to float weightlessly in the air? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a spacewalk? How do astronauts go to the bathroom? Is it true that they don't shower? Can farts really be deadly in space? Best-selling Mary Roach has the answers. In this whip-smart, funny, and informative young readers adaptation of her best-selling Packing for Mars, Roach guides us through the irresistibly strange, frequently gross, and awe-inspiring realm of space travel and life without gravity. From flying on NASA's Weightless Wonder to eating space food, Packing for Mars for Kids is chock-full of first-hand experiences and thorough research. Roach has crafted an authoritative and accessible book that is perfectly pitched to inquiring middle grade readers"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 521 | 1 | |a Ages 9-12. |b Norton Young Readers. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Space biology |v Juvenile nonfiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Manned space flight |v Juvenile nonfiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Astronauts |x Training of |v Juvenile nonfiction. | |
| 700 | 1 | |i Adaptation of (work): |a Roach, Mary. |t Packing for Mars. | |
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