This is the blog for Anousheh Ansari, first female space tourist and the first blogging astronaut, and she has a fascinating account of adjusting to space.

It's interesting from the point of view of a someone who has pretty much led an ordinary life, someone like us, or our main character.

you know, we oughta create a resource collection thread, a place where people can post nice resources for science and fantasy...just the other day there was a post for describing clothes...

"Mission control, I am running low on supplies. When do I get to come back home?"

"Bent tree, we had to make a decision. Because of our budget, We had a problem with the maximum weight. We had to decide whether to add retro rockets or carpet the cabin floor."

She comments on the complexities of washing hair in space - and here a video she made of her washing her hair - in SPACE!!! Hair washing in Space!

Another problem was brushing teeth - you can't rinse and spit - it seems if you do that you end up swallowing minty spit water...which was the solution they came up with.

brushing - in Space!

What's also interesting that as she is brushing she is never still her body slowly spins or moves - at one point she was brushing sideways, then upside down - and you always have to have a hand free to catch and orient or push off a surface. That means you always have to have one arm dedicated just to maintain your position!

Not sure if this was in space or a training flight - but the astronaut literally throws the cat like a basketball and it bounces off the sidewall - twice (and once it bounced off the floor after bouncing off the wall) - caroming away, legs moving in a blur trying to catch a foothold that would never come.