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Adult Book Club In-Person

Book: Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach. Click here to search the catalog for this book.

Monthly book club meetings are held at 6:30 pm on the last Wednesday of the month unless otherwise noted. Meet us in the Upstairs Conference Room or on Zoom (register for the link). New members are always welcome!

Led by Susan Tacent and funded through the generosity of the Friends of the Rogers Free Library.

Synopsis: Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer.

How much can a person give up? How much weirdness can they take? What happens to you when you can’t walk for a year? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a space walk? Is it possible for the human body to survive a bailout at 4,000 miles per hour?

To answer these questions, space agencies set up all manner of quizzical and startlingly bizarre space simulations — making it possible to preview space without ever leaving Earth. From the space shuttle training toilet to a crash test of NASA’s new space capsule (cadaver filling in for astronaut), Packing for Mars takes us on a surreally entertaining trip into the science of life in space and space on Earth.