Kelly Weinersmith

@weinersmith.bsky.social

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A big nerd. Co-author of NYTimes Bestsellers Soonish & A City on Mars. Co-host of Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe. She/her www.weinersmith.com

A image of the book cover of our book, A City on Mars, with a huge city built underground.

The Gemini capsule from Frank Borman and Jim Lovell's two week trip to space. In terms of area available for the humans to move around in, it's pretty much just two chairs seated next to each other. It looks incredibly cramped, and hard to imagine any possible way to get privacy.

A screenshot of a page from A City on Mars. Here is the text: "Nobody liked this. In fact, during Gemini 7, Commander Frank Bor- man, who had a reputation for being, shall we say, anal retentive, decided he would attempt not to poop for the entire two-week orbit. This quest was somewhat facilitated by NASA’s use of what are called “low-residue foods.” But, fourteen days is a lot of time to accumulate residue. By day 9, Borman had to face the inevitable. He turned to his lone crewman, Jim Lovell, and said “Jim, I think this is it.” Lovell, known for his calm demeanor and sense of humor, joked back, “Frank, you have only five more days left to go here.” Frank did not make it fififive days. Incidentally, this is how big a Gemini was:" There is then an illustration of the Gemini sapsule, with a cartoon Frank Borman thinking "Just five more days....". The illustration notes there is no curtain separating the men in the capsule, and it has only 2.55 cubic meters of habitable volume (for reference, it notes that a Tesla Model 3 has an interior volume of 3.2 cubic meters).

Containers of organic milk that come with a sippy straw are found above a sign that says “These beverages contain alcohol.”