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PoindexterOglethorpe

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7. Also, read How to Die in Space by Paul M. Sutter.

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Fri Sep 1, 2023, 11:20 PM

Sep 2023

He makes it exquisitely clear that interstellar travel will be vastly more dangerous than people realize.

Oh, and Packing for Mars by Mary Roach is another look at how space travel isn't as easy or simple or pleasant as we are generally led to believe.

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