Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
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Roach, Mary
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Mary Roach's Curiosities
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W. W. Norton & Company 2011
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04/04/2011
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English
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9780393079104
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Lexile measure:
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Mary Roach. (2011). Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. W. W. Norton & Company.

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Mary Roach. 2011. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. W. W. Norton & Company.

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Mary Roach, Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. W. W. Norton & Company, 2011.

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Mary Roach. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. W. W. Norton & Company, 2011.

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