{"product_id":"once-upon-a-time-i-lived-on-mars-space-exploration-and-life-on-earth-9781250796660","title":"Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration, and Life on Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnce Upon a Time I Lived on Mars\u003c\/i\u003e is an essay collection, inspired by the author's four-month stay inside a simulated Martian habitat.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When it comes to Mars, the focus is often on how to get there: the rockets, the engines, the fuel. But upon arrival, what will it actually be like? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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 Hawaii. For four months she lived, worked, and slept in an isolated geodesic dome, conducting a sleep study on her crewmates and gaining incredible 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon a Time I Lived on Mars\u003c\/i\u003e, Greene draws on her experience to contemplate humanity's broader impulse to explore. The result is a twined story of space and life, of the standard, able-bodied astronaut and Greene's brother's disability, of the lag time of interplanetary correspondences and the challenges of a long-distance marriage, of freeze-dried egg powder and fresh pineapple, of departure and return.\u003cbr\u003eBy asking what kind of wisdom humanity might take to Mars and elsewhere in the Universe, Greene has written a remarkable, wide-ranging examination of our time in space right now, as a pre-Mars species, poised on the edge, readying for launch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreene, Kate:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Kate Greene was the crew writer and second-in-command on the first simulated Mars mission for the NASA-funded HI-SEAS project. A poet, essayist, and former laser physicist, her work has appeared in multiple publications and radio shows. She's taught writing at Columbia University, San Francisco State University, and the Tennessee Prison for Women. She lives in New York City.","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50495029084434,"sku":"9781250796660","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_282018ab-da82-4cb1-987f-4ae3d446c88b.jpg?v=1730670119","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/once-upon-a-time-i-lived-on-mars-space-exploration-and-life-on-earth-9781250796660","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}