COUNTDOWN
1. HE’S SMART BUT HIS BIRDS ARE SLOPPY
Japan Picks an Astronaut
2. LIFE IN A BOX
The Perilous Psychology of Isolation and Confinement
3. STAR CRAZY
Can Space Blow Your Mind?
4. YOU GO FIRST
The Alarming Prospect of Life Without Gravity
5. UNSTOWED
Escaping Gravity on Board NASA’s C-9
6. THROWING UP AND DOWN
The Astronaut’s Secret Misery
7. THE CADAVER IN THE SPACE CAPSULE
NASA Visits the Crash Test Lab
8. ONE FURRY STEP FOR MANKIND
The Strange Careers of Ham and Enos
9. NEXT GAS: 200,000 MILES
Planning a Moon Expedition Is Tough, but Not as Tough as Planning a Simulated One
10. HOUSTON, WE HAVE A FUNGUS
Space Hygiene and the Men Who Stopped Bathing for Science
11. THE HORIZONTAL STUFF
What If You Never Got Out of Bed?
12. THE THREE-DOLPHIN CLUB
Mating Without Gravity
13. WITHERING HEIGHTS
Bailing Out from Space
14. SEPARATION ANXIETY
The Continuing Saga of Zero-Gravity Elimination
15. DISCOMFORT FOOD
When Veterinarians Make Dinner, and Other Tales of Woe from Aerospace Test Kitchens
16. EATING YOUR PANTS
Is Mars Worth It?
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
TIME LINE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ALSO BY MARY ROACH
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