Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-334).

He's smart but his birds are sloppy : Japan picks an astronaut -- Life in a box : the perilous psychology of isolation and confinement -- Star crazy : can space blow your mind? -- You go first : the alarming prospect of life without gravity -- Unstowed : escaping gravity on board NASA's C-9 -- Throwing up and down : the astronaut's secret misery -- The cadaver in the space capsule : NASA visits the crash test lab -- One furry step for mankind : the strange careers of Ham and Enos -- Next gas: 200,000 miles : planning a moon expedition is tough, but not as tough as planning a simulated one -- Houston, we have a fungus : space hygiene and the men who stopped bathing for science -- The horizontal stuff : what if you never got out of bed -- The three-dolphin club : mating without gravity -- Withering heights : bailing out from space -- Separation anxiety : the continuing saga of zero-gravity elimination -- Discomfort food : when veterinarians make dinner, and other tales of woe from aerospace test kitchens -- Eating your pants : is Mars worth it?