The author visits with astronauts to hear about what it is like to share a confined space with another person for many days on end-“irrational antagonisms” are mentioned, as are fist fights, another little something not mentioned in press briefings-and to look at the cross-cultural issues that arose when Russians, Canadians and Americans shared a space station. Plenty of astronauts succumbed to motion sickness in her presence, but it’s a problem often ignored by reports because motion sickness is seen as a weakness, and any perceived weakness could get an astronaut bumped from a mission. coli, for instance-and few have taken the act of vomiting quite to the riotous heights as Roach. In fact, all the things that can and routinely do go wrong are vile-inhaling fecal dust that coats the mouth with E. The author is less interested in the thrills and agonies of space travel than “the stuff in between-the small comedies and everyday victories.” In lucid writing well-tuned to humor and absurdity, Roach tackles such topics as bowel movements in zero gravity. Popular-science writer Roach ( Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, 2008, etc.) entertainingly addresses numerous questions about life in outer space.
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