Entertaining and informative. Short paragraph per page about the experiences of astronauts, such as the smell of space, the common dreams astronauts share, the effects of cosmic rays on the human eye and computers/cameras, and much more. The colourful pop art style pictures makes the book quirky and humourous, with it's (often repeated) images of a floating space-suited astronaut in various situations. ( )

More urine than expected. Lovely nonetheless. ( )

Pretty cool book. My son pretty much snatched it up the minute it entered my house. He really likes it as he is so very much interested in space.

This is illustrated and pretty Informative considering there isn't a lot of written subject matter. Perfect to keep the interest of a child. ( )

This not an in depth or scholarly work but almost like a mini coffee table book with almanac size entries accompanied by fun illustrations. What a quirky little read! The most interesting tidbits to me were about the danger of burping in space; the discovery that some troubling mysterious headaches turned out to be caffeine withdrawal; a phenomenon called Moon Face; the difficulty of distinguishing the Earth from other stars when the Moon isn't visible; the odor of space; that several flying insects do not adapt well to weightlessness but moths do; and that when you sleep in space, your limbs end up floating around rather than staying tight to your body. Here's an ominous one: "when your spacesuit goes completely silent, that's a really really bad day." And for food geeks, apparently they keep stockpiles of Tabasco, wasabi, horseradish, Sriracha on the space station because the taste buds get muted. ( )

If you're like me, you've often wondered what it's like for astronauts up in outer space; what it smells like, what it sounds like, and the overall difficulty of adapting to daily life. Now, there's a book that answers a lot of those questions and provides other interesting facts straight from the men and women who have traveled there and back!

The facts presented in this book range from fun and factual to odd. It's neat to hear astronauts and cosmonauts describe how things look from outer space, such as lightning, clouds, the aurora borealis or the sunrise that occurs every 90 minutes in space. It's also intriguing to read about the intricacies of daily life aboard a space station, including how some astronauts have bartered sugar cookies for supplies and how things like soup or yogurt are nearly impossible to eat in a zero-gravity environment. Did you know that space travelers often have a hard time getting rid of head colds without gravity to help drain mucus? Or that astronauts have to work out two and a half hours every day so that their muscles don't atrophy? I didn’t until I read this!

What’s It Like in Space? is something you’ll definitely want to check out for yourself if you’re interested in science or space travel. It’s a very quick read, and worth it.

Dan R. / Marathon County Public Library
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