The Astronaut and the Acid Head August 18, 2019 First, a short warning:     This piece is about books, with only passing references to real life, (if there is such a thing. )  First, I recommend a book by Scott Kelly:  Endurance:   A Year in Space,   A Lifetime of Discovery. This memoir was a lot better than I was expecting when I picked it off the Current Shelf at the local library.   Scott Kelly spent a year on the International Space Station.   (You might have seen the PBS documentary about it: ( https://www.pbs.org/show/year-space ).   Meanwhile his identical twin, Mark (husband of Gabby Gifford), also an astronaut, stayed on the good old Earth.    It’s a good mix of the gee-whiz tech stuff with the personal insights of an intelligent and talented man.   Please don’t be put off if you’re not particularly interested in science or space.   Actually, a second-hand recommendation might be more convincing:   Even my wife Emily, who reads 80% fiction and is n