PublishedWorkman Publishing, November 2020 |
ISBN9781523509614 |
FormatHardcover, 320 pages |
Dimensions23.2cm × 16cm × 2.8cm |
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 oldwith 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: Heres 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 taskseating, bathing, doing chores, going to the bathroom that are anything but ordinary when youre 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 its 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.
