Mary Roach at Book Passage, Corte Madera

The 2013 One Book One Marin selection is Packing For Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach. From the isolation chambers to bed-rest experiments to the first animals that ventured into space, Roach tours the gamut of space research. Though riddled with moments of silliness and hilarity, humanity’s efforts to understand the great void have produced awe-inspiring results, such as the landing of a delicate scientific instrument upon the surface of Mars.