Countdown 15(6)
1 He's Smart but his Birds are Sloppy
21(20)
Japan Picks an Astronaut
2 Life in a box
41(22)
The Perilous Psychology of Isolation and Confinement
3 Star Crazy
63(16)
Can Space Blow Your Mind?
4 You Go First
79(16)
The Alarming Prospect of Life Without Gravity
5 Unstowed
95(12)
Escaping Gravity on Board NASA's C-9
6 Throwing Up and Down
107(22)
The Astronaut's Secret Misery
7 The Cadaver in the Space Capsule
129(20)
NASA Visits the Crash Test Lab
8 One Furry Step for Mankind
149(24)
The Strange Careers of Ham and Enos
9 Next Gas: 200,000 Miles
173(18)
Planning a Moon Expedition is Tough, but Not as Tough as Planning a Simulated One
10 Houston, We have a Fungus
191(18)
Space Hygiene and the Men Who Stopped Bathing for Science
11 The Horizontal Stuff
209(20)
What if You Never Got Out of Bed?
12 The Three-Dolphin Club
229(18)
Mating Without Gravity
13 Withering Heights
247(18)
Bailing Out from Space
14 Separation Anxiety
265(20)
The Continuing Saga of Zero-Gravity Elimination
15 Discomfort Food
285(22)
When Veterinarians Make Dinner, and Other Tales of Woe from Aerospace Test Kitchens
16 Eating Your Pants
307(12)
Is Mars Worth It?
Acknowledgments 319(4)
Time Line 323(2)
Bibliography 325