'Ask the Astronaut': Tom Jones' Q&A Book Offers Modern Spaceflight Primer

Tom Jones has written an astronaut's primer for a new generation. In "Ask the Astronaut: A Galaxy of Astonishing Answers to Your Questions on Spaceflight" (Smithsonian, 2016), former astronaut Tom Jones taps into his own history as a space shuttle crew member while building upon two earlier Q&A books written by astronauts who preceded him into space. "I always enjoyed [the late] Bill Pogue's book, 'How Do You Go to the Bathroom in Space?' and Mike Mullane's book, 'Do Your Ears Pop in Space?'