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A review by flufficorn
Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
This was an interesting book! Scott Kelly talks about working and living in space, interwoven with stories from his life and childhood that all tell the story of how he became an astronaut. Kelly has a good sense of humor, even if his delivery in the audio book is a bit dry. For me that just made his jokes funnier because I love a dry, deadpan delivery.
This book isn't a comedy book though. Kelly speaks very frankly about his time in space. He tells us about his own excitement, about his relationships with his family, and his views of his job. He talks about how interesting it is to live in space, and how tedious, mundane, and difficult it can be. He offers his perspective on the experiments that are/were being done on the ISS in the interest of learning more about the effects space has on the human body, on living things, and on biological material. He goes into detail about the efforts that each person living on ISS goes through to keep the space clean and functional. He also goes into interesting detail about how physically taxing it is to get into space and to leave it, and how emotionally taxing it was for him as well. All of that cemented what I already know: I can never go into space.
At the end of the day, I am fascinated by space and the idea of space exploration and expansion, so I really enjoyed this book. It left me feeling a sense of satisfaction having had a glimpse into what the life of an astronaut is like, and a sense of hope for the future but then again, I am an optimist.
This book isn't a comedy book though. Kelly speaks very frankly about his time in space. He tells us about his own excitement, about his relationships with his family, and his views of his job. He talks about how interesting it is to live in space, and how tedious, mundane, and difficult it can be. He offers his perspective on the experiments that are/were being done on the ISS in the interest of learning more about the effects space has on the human body, on living things, and on biological material. He goes into detail about the efforts that each person living on ISS goes through to keep the space clean and functional. He also goes into interesting detail about how physically taxing it is to get into space and to leave it, and how emotionally taxing it was for him as well. All of that cemented what I already know: I can never go into space.
At the end of the day, I am fascinated by space and the idea of space exploration and expansion, so I really enjoyed this book. It left me feeling a sense of satisfaction having had a glimpse into what the life of an astronaut is like, and a sense of hope for the future but then again, I am an optimist.
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal death