Have you ever tried floating underwater in a swimming pool? This is the closest thing you can get to experiencing weightlessness on Earth. A lot of your daily life routines would be altered if you went up in a space ship. Imagine sleeping when your arms float up and your hair floats around your face because of the lack of gravity. The astronauts have to work out everyday so their bones don't become to weak when you use them back on Earth. Some things are gross, but others are just plain awesome! The question of food has always been a question for people interested in space. Astronauts are able to eat some foods in their natural form, such as brownies and fruit. Other things like mac and cheese require adding water. In space, crumbly things are a negative, so tortillas are used for sandwiches as opposed to bread. There are ovens on a spacecraft, but there are no fridges, so the food that is brought on the flight must be stored properly. I wonder if a brownie would taste different if there was no air. I bet an astronaut could tell you! How could you take a shower in space if there is no gravity? Sponges. The astronauts take a sponge bath with distilled water from everyone's sweat and breathe (it may be distilled but I still think it's gross). Each astronaut gets to choose an assortment of hygiene items to bring on the trip. Astronauts use rinseless shampoos to wash their hair. After learning about hygiene in space, I'm not sure I want to go up their anymore. What do you do in space? Well you mostly float around, but other than that there is lots of work to do! The astronauts on the spaceship constantly check their quarters for flaws. They clean filters, update computers, and fix systems. They get daily emails on what to do each day from mission control, who monitors there progress. They do pretty much everything in the same room: eat, sleep, work and workout. Astronauts need to work out in space so when they return to Earth, their muscles and bones aren't weak from experiencing weightlessness. I personally might get bored with the same room and walls and people if I were in the spaceship. So over all, there are definitely ups and downs to being in space. I think that a lot of people would love to experience weightlessness, but others wouldn't like being cramped up in a small space. Other reasons to go in space is to learn more. I, for one am very interested in learning about the universe. But being a astronaut is certainly not the only job up for grabs when it comes to spaceships. There are so many more jobs. All those people monitoring the trip, building the capsule, planning the job that will be done, and communicating with the astronauts are all people that are hugely important in the success of the trip.