“Packing For Mars” by Mary Roach (2010)

“To the rocket scientist, you are a problem.”

Humans are particularly designed for life on Earth. This is great for where we spend most of our time, as we can cope with all the gravity, air, water and nature that we’ve grown up around. When it comes to going into space, we’re kinda screwed. In this excellent book, Mary Roach finds out what it takes to go into space and whether a Mars mission is really feasible.

Containing many interviews with those at NASA, JAXA (the Japanese Space Agency), as w...