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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
by Mary Roach
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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond (Thorndike Paperback Bestsellers)
by Gene Kranz
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Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
by Carl Sagan
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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
by Mary Roach
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Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be human. How much can a person give up? How much weirdness... (read more)

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Touring the Universe Through Binoculars: A Complete Astronomer's Guidebook (Wiley Science Editions)
by Philip S Harrington
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The Universe in a Nutshell
by Stephen W Hawking
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Full Moon
by Michael Light
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An Intimate Look at the Night Sky
by Chet Raymo
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Expedition Mars: How We Are Going to Get to Mars (Springer-Praxis Books in Astronomy and Space Sciences)
by Martin J L Turner
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Universe (Small Panorama)
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The Nine Numbers of the Cosmos
by Michael Rowan Robinson
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Live from Cape Canaveral
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