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1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 23 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Terry Virts. |
| Summary |
A wildly entertaining account of the rules, lessons, procedures, and experiences of space travel, How to Astronaut is a book that will appeal to anyone- male or female, young or old-with even a passing interest in space. Written by Col. Terry Virts, a former astronaut, space shuttle pilot, and International Space Station commander who spent 200 consecutive days in space, it answers all of our curious questions and much more: Here's how to survive that first brush with weightlessness (in the so-called vomit comet); the nearly indescribable thrill of a first blastoff; managing the daily tasks-eating, bathing, doing chores, going to the bathroom- that are anything but ordinary when you're orbiting the earth at 17,000 miles per hour; how to don your space suit and head out to work on a spacewalk ("alone in the vacuum"); how to prepare for emergencies of all kinds, from managing "space brain" to dealing with a dead crew member; and what it's like to return to Earth, including something as seemingly simple as walking after spending six months in zero-g. A born storyteller, Virts reveals the often-untold side of space travel in 51 short chapters filled with a mix of you-are-there detail, a dose of science made simple, and the inherent drama of describing something few will ever know firsthand. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Virts, Terry, 1967-
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Astronautics -- Biography.
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Astronauts -- United States -- Biography.
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Manned space flight -- Biography.
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Menus for space flight -- Biography.
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Space flight training -- Biography.
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Science.
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| Added Author |
Virts, Terry.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781649040015 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1649040016 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13558029 |
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