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Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration, and Life on Earth
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In 2013, Kate Greene moved to Mars. That is, along with five fellow crew members, she embarked on NASA's first HI-SEAS mission, a simulated Martian environment located on the slopes of Mauna Loa in Hawai'i. For four months she lived, worked, and slept in an isolated geodesic dome, conducting a sleep study on her crew mates and gained insight into human behavior in tight quarters, as well as the nature of boredom, dreams, and isolation that arise amidst the promise of scientific progress and glory. The book is a story of the author, a science journalist and her personal life, her brother's disability, her marriage and the food and isolation of pretending to live on Mars.
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"Greene's eloquent memoir is equal parts escape and comfort."
"In the book's more science-oriented sections, though, Greene is a deft and engaging writer with a strong command of her subject and a unique way of viewing the mountains of small details, panoramic imagination, and near-sighted vision behind space flight ..."
"This engaging account will interest sf lovers, scientists, and dreamers who see the red planet in the night sky and wonder, what if."
"She addresses them with wit, insight, compassion, and, ultimately, hope."
"Living on 'Mars' may have changed Greene, but her journey of self-exploration is unlikely to change many readers."
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