There’s delightfully too many mentions of barf and poop in this book, but it’s sure to delight every middle grade reader interested in space travel. Real space travel.
Who knew it would be so gross?
This is a short non-fiction book, only 129-pages, and it’s divided into nine sections with plenty of NASA photographs: an introduction and conclusion, as well as chapters on gravity; “What it’s like to fly” – the author’s own account of zero-g training; “Barfing on the Ceiling;” “Toilet Training for Grown Ups;” eating in space and the evolution of space food; “Life Without a Bath;” and a chapter about what it’s like to live with roommates in a very small tin can.
I think it’s demonstrative of exactly how interesting these daily things we take for granted here on Earth are once they're transplanted to space, and how they would capture readers’ interest if incorporated into a few middle grade sci-fi and space opera books, as well. (Hint, hint, all you MG sci-fi authors out there!)
Enjoy. 😉
