1 HE’S SMART BUT HIS BIRDS ARE SLOPPY

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  Santy, Patricia. Choosing the Right Stuff: The Psychological Selection of Astronauts and Cosmonauts. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1994.

  Zimmerman, Robert. Leaving Earth: Space Stations, Rival Superpowers, and the Quest for Interplanetary Travel. Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press, 2006.

  2 LIFE IN A BOX

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  “Airman Still Okay in Mock Trip to Moon.” Hayward Daily Review, February 10, 1958.

  Burnazyan, A. J., et al. “Year-Long Medico-Engineering Experiment in a Partially Closed Ecological System.” Aerospace Medicine, October 1969, pp. 1087–1093.

  Collins, Michael. Liftoff: The Story of America’s Adventure in Space. New York: Grove Press, 1988. P. 262.

  Gemini VII Composite Air-to-Ground and Onboard Voice Tape Transcription. Vol. 2, pp. 461, 500. NASA History Portal: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/ mission_trans/gemini7.htm.

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  Nowak, Lisa. Orange County Charging Affidavit. Reproduced on the Smoking Gun Web site.

  Pesavento, Peter. “From Aelita to the International Space Station: The Psychological Effects of Isolation on Earth and in Space.” Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly 8 (2): 4–23 (2000).

  Stuster, Jack. “Space Station Habitability Recommendations Based on a Systematic Comparative Analysis of Analogous Conditions.” NASA Contractor Report 3943 (NASA-CR 3943).

  Zimmerman, Robert. Leaving Earth: Space Stations, Rival Superpowers, and the Quest for Interplanetary Travel. Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press, 2006.

  3 STAR CRAZY

  Cernan, Eugene, and Don Davis. The Last Man on the Moon. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999. Pp. 132–144.

  Clark, Brant, and Ashton Graybiel. “The Break-Off Phenomenon: A Feeling of Separation from the Earth Experienced by Pilots at High Altitude.” Aviation Medicine 28 (2): 121–126 (1957).

  Gemini IV Composite Air-to-Ground and Onboard Voice Tape Transcription. Pp. 43–57. NASA History Portal: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/ mission_trans/gemini4.htm.

  Gussow, Zachary. “A Preliminary Report of Kayak-Angst Among the Eskimo of West Greenland: A Study in Sensory Deprivation.” International Journal of Social Psychiatry 9: 18–26 (1963).

  Kanas, Nick, and Dietrich Manzey. Space Psychology and Psychiatry, 2nd ed. El Segundo, Calif.: Microcosm Press, 2008.

  Linenger, Jerry M. Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir. New York: McGraw Hill, 2000. P. 147.

  Oman, Charles. “Spatial Orientation and Navigation in Microgravity.” In Spatial Processing in Navigation, Imagery, and Perception. Edited by Fred Mast and Lutz Jancke. New York: Springer, 2007.

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  Shayler, David J. Disasters and Accidents in Manned Spaceflight. New York: Springer-Praxis, 2000.

  Simons, David G., with Dan A. Schanche. Man High. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1960.

  Zimmerman, Robert. Leaving Earth: Space Stations, Rival Superpowers, and the Quest for Interplanetary Travel. Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press, 2006. P. 108.

  4 YOU GO FIRST

  Burgess, Colin, and Chris Dubbs. Animals in Space: From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle. Chichester, U.K.: Springer-Praxis, 2007.

  Debruicker, John. “Anti-Gravity Stone Has a Strange Story and an Even Stranger History.” Colby [College] Echo, March 9, 2006.

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  Simons, David. Space Center Oral History Program. Interviewed by George P. Kennedy at the International Space Hall of Fame, Alamogordo, New Mexico, September 1987.

  von Beckh, H. J. A. “Experiments with Animals and Human Subjects Under Sub-and Zero-Gravity Conditions During the Dive and Parabolic Flight.” Aviation Medicine, June 1954. Pp. 235–241.

  Ward, Julian, Willard Hawkins, and Herbert Stallings. “Physiologic Response to Subgravity: Initiation of Micturition.” Aerospace Medicine, August 1959.

  ———. “Physiologic Response to Subgravity: Mechanics of Nourishment and Deglutition of Solids and Liquids.” Aviation Medicine, March 1959.

  5 UNSTOWED

  Ayres, M. L. “Survival After Jet Engine Intake.” Injury 4: 317–318.

  Collins, Michael. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut’s Story, 2nd ed. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (Sunburst Book), 1994. Pp. 80–81.

  6 THROWING UP AND DOWN

  Apollo 9 Onboard Voice Transcription, Vol. 1, Day 2. NASA History Portal: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/ mission_trans/apollo9.htm.

  Apollo 16 Lunar Surface Journal. http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a16/a16.html.

  Apollo 16 Onboard Voice Transcription, Lunar Module, Day 5. NASA History Portal: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/ mission_trans/apollo16.htm. Brown, Tony. Hendrix: The Final Days. London and New York: Omnibus Press, 1997.

  Cernan, Eugene, and Don Davis. The Last Man on the Moon. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999. Pp. 120, 190.

  Correia, M. J., and F. E. Guedry, Jr. “Modification of Vestibular Responses as a Function of Rate of Rotation About an Earth-Horizontal Axis.” Acta-oto-laryngologica 62: 297–304.

  Gell, C. F. and D. Cranmore. “The Effects of Acceleration on Small Animals Utilizing a Quick-Freeze Technique.” Aviation Medicine, February 1953, pp. 48–56.

  Harsch, Viktor. “Centrifuge ‘Therapy’ for Psychiatric Patients in Germany in the Early 1800s.” Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 77(2): 157–160 (2006).

  Money, K. E. “Motion Sickness.” Physiological Reviews 50 (1): 1–35.

  Neale, Richard. Letters to the editor in Lancet, February 19, 1887, p. 403.

  Noble, R. L. “Observations on Various Types of Motion-Causing Vomiting in Animals.” Canadian Journal of Research 23 (E): 212–219.

  Oman, Charles. “Spatial Orientation and Navigation in Microgravity.” In Spatial Processing in Navigation, Imagery, and Perception. Edited by Fred Mast and Lutz Jancke. New York: Springer, 2007. Pp. 209–233.

  Oman, Charles, Byron K. Lichtenberg, and Kenneth E. Money. “Space Motion Sickness Monitoring Equipment: Spacelab 1.” Paper reprinted from Conference Proceedings No. 372 (Motion Sickness: Mechanisms, Prediction, Prevention, and Treatment) of the Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development.

  Rannie, Ian. “The Effect of the Inhalation of Vomitus on the Lungs: Morbid Anatomy.” British Journal of Anaesthesia 35: 146 (1963).

  Reason, J. T, and J. J. Brand. Motion Sickness. London and New York: Academic Press, 1975.

  Schweickart, Russell L. Oral history. Jo
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  Thurston, Paget. Letter to the editor in Lancet, February 12, 1887, p. 350. Vandenberg, James T., et al. “Large-Diameter Suction Tubing Significantly Improves Evacuation Time of Simulated Vomitus.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, Denver, May 1996.

  Wade, Nicholas J., U. Norrsell, and A. Presly. “Cox’s Chair: ‘A Moral and a Medical Mean in the Treatment of Maniacs.’” History of Psychiatry 16 (1): 73–88 (2005).

  Wolfe, Robert C., Marcus Reidenberg, and Vicente Dinoso. “Tang and Methadone by Vein.” Annals of Internal Medicine 76: 830.

  7 THE CADAVER IN THE SPACE CAPSULE

  AP Wire Service. “Chimps Aid Space Study.” Denton Record-Chronicle, March 27, 1966.

  Brown, William K., Jerry Rothstein, and Peter Foster. “Human Response to Predicted Apollo Landing Impacts in Selected Body Orientations.” Aerospace Medicine, April 1966, pp. 394–398.

  Melvin, John W., et al. “Crash Protection of Stock Car Racing Drivers—Application of Biomechanical Analysis of Indy Car Crash Research.” Stapp Car Crash Journal 50: 415–428.

  Mullane, Mike. Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut. New York: Scribner, 2006. Pp. 330–331.

  Swearingen, John J., et al. “Human Voluntary Tolerance to Vertical Impact.” Aerospace Medicine, December 1960, pp. 989–995.

  Walz, Feix H., et al. “Airbag Deployment and Eye Perforation by a Tobacco Pipe.” Journal of Trauma 38 (4): 498–501 (1995).

  8 ONE FURRY STEP FOR MANKIND

  Burgess, Colin, and Chris Dubbs. Animals in Space: From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle. Chichester, UK: Springer-Praxis, 2007.

  “Chimps Aid Space Study.” Denton Record-Chronicle, March 27, 1966.

  Collins, Michael. Liftoff: The Story of America’s Adventure in Space. New York: Grove Press, 1989.

  Dooling, Dave. “The One-Way Manned Mission to the Moon.” Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly 8 (4): 4–11.

  Glenn, John H., Jr. Oral history. Johnson Space Center Oral History Project. http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/ oral_histories/oral_histories.htm.

  “Kennedy Birthday Party Enlivened by Monkeys.” Albuquerque Tribune, November 22, 1961.

  Siddiqi, Asif, “‘There It Is!’: An Account of the First Dogs-in-Space Program.” Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly 5 (3): 38–42. Swenson, Lloyd, Jr., James M. Grimwood, and Charles C. Alexander. This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury. (NASA SP-4201.) Washington, D.C.: NASA Scientific and Technical Information Division, 1966.

  Williams, Harold R. “‘Chimp College’ Flourishes at Air Base in New Mexico.” AP Wire Service: Hobbs Daily News-Sun, November 20, 1963.

  ———“‘Chimp College’ Graduates Famous All Over Nation.” AP Wire Service: Hobbs Daily News-Sun, November 21, 1963.

  ———“First U.S. Flag on Moon May Be Planted by Chimp.” AP Wire Service: Bridgeport Post, May 18, 1962.

  9 NEXT GAS: 200,000 MILES

  Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Journal. http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/a17.html.

  Cernan, Eugene, and Don Davis. The Last Man on the Moon. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999. Pp. 120, 190.

  Coulter, Donna. “Moondust in the Wind.” Moondaily.com report, April 14, 2008.

  Fox, William L. Driving to Mars. Emeryville, Calif: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2006.

  Gernhardt, Michael, Andrew Abercromby, and Pascal Lee. “Evaluation of Small Pressurized Rover and Mobile Habitat Concepts of Operations During Simulated Planetary Surface Exploration.” Unpublished NASA test plan, 2008.

  Kanas, Nick. “High Versus Low Crewmember Autonomy in Space Simulation Environments.” Paper presented at the 60th International Astronautical Congress, Daejeon, Korea, October 2009.

  10 HOUSTON, WE HAVE A FUNGUS

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  Borman, Frank. Oral history. Johnson Space Center Oral History Project. http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/ oral_histories/oral_histories.htm.

  Cernan, Eugene, and Don Davis. The Last Man on the Moon. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999. P. 95.

  Gemini VII Composite Air-to-Ground and Onboard Voice Tape Transcription. Vol. 1–3. NASA History Portal: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/ mission_trans/gemini7.htm.

  Larson, Elaine. “Hygiene of the Skin: When Is Clean Too Clean?” Emerging Infectious Diseases 7 (2) (March/April 2001). http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no2/larson.htm.

  Lovell, James A., Jr. Oral history. Johnson Space Center Oral History Project. http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/ oral_histories/oral_histories.htm.

  Milunas, Michele C., Ann F. Rhoads, and J. Russell Mason. “Effectiveness of Odour Repellants for Protecting Ornamental Shrubs from Browsing by White-Tailed Deer.” Crop Protection 13 (5): 393–399.

  Popov, I. G., et al. “Investigation of the State of the Human Skin After Prolonged Restriction on Washing.” In Problems of Space Biology, vol. 7. Edited by V. N. Chernigovsky. Moscow: Nanka Publishing Co., 1969. Pp. 386–392. May 1969.

  Slonim, A. R. “Effects of Minimal Personal Hygiene and Related Procedures During Prolonged Confinement.” Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories Technical Report AMRL-TR-66-146, October 1966.

  Stuster, Jack. “Space Station Habitability Recommendations Based on a Systematic Comparative Analysis of Analogous Conditions.” NASA Contractor Report 3943 (NASA-CR 3943).

  11 THE HORIZONTAL STUFF

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  Donahue, Seth W., et al. “Parathyroid Hormone May Maintain Bone Formation in Hibernating Black Bears (Ursus americanus) to Prevent Disuse Osteoporosis.” Journal of Experimental Biology 209: 1630–1638.

  Finkelstein, Joel S., et al. “Ethnic Variation in Bone Density in Premenopausal and Early Perimenopausal Women: Effects of Anthropomorphic and Lifestyle Factors.” Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 87 (7): 3057–3067.

  Parker-Pope, Tara. “Drugs to Build Bones May Weaken Them.” New York Times, Science Times, July 15, 2008.

  Shropshire, Courtney. American Journal of Dermatology (1912), p. 318.

  12 THE THREE-DOLPHIN CLUB

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  Levin, R. J. “Effects of Space Travel on Sexuality and the Human Reproductive System.” Journal of the British Interplanetary Society 47: 378–382 (1989).

  Mullane, Mike. Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut. New York: Scribner, 2006. Pp. 176–177.

  Pesavento, Peter. “From Aelita to the International Space Station: The Psychological Effects of Isolation on Earth and in Space.” Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly 8 (2): 4–23 (2000).

  Rambaut, Paul, C., et al. “Some Flow Properties of Food in Null Gravity.” Food Technology, January 1972.

  Ronca, April, and Jeffrey R. Alberts. “Physiology of a Microgravity Environment: Selected Contribution—Effects of Spaceflight During Pregnancy on Labor and Birth at 1 G.” Journal of Applied Physiology 89: 849–854 (2000).

  Stine, Harry G. Living in Space. New York: M. Evans, 1997.

  Snopes.com. “Claim: NASA Shuttle Astronauts Conducted Sex Experiments in Space.” http://www.snopes.com/risque/tattled/shuttle.asp.

  13 WITHERING HEIGHTS

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  Haber, Fritz. “Bailout at Very High Altitudes.” Aviation Medicine, August 1952. Pp. 322–329.

  Kornfield, Alfred T., and J. R. Poppen. “High Velocity Wind Blast on Personnel and Equipment.” Aviation Medicine, February 1949. Pp
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  Stapp, John P. “Human Tolerance Factors in Supersonic Escape.” Aviation Medicine, February 1957. Pp. 77–90.