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"Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence." — Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy.

Books Mentioned in This Episode:
The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space and Speed by Scott Parazynski
Starman: The Truth Behind the Legacy of Yuri Gargarin by Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony

https://www.wired.com/2014/11/marsha-ivins/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/03/meet-the-real-ironman-of-spaceflight-valery-polyakov/
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/2013/bacteria-sent-into-space.html
https://www.space.com/19921-space-station-science-germs-worms.html
https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/can-germs-live-in-outer-space

Astronaut Scott Kelly has a book about his experience called Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery