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yuiyoshida

(41,871 posts) Wed Sep 6, 2017, 05:25 AM Sep 2017

Record-breaking astronaut back on Earth

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Record-breaking astronaut back on Earth (Original Post) yuiyoshida Sep 2017 OP

It's almost impossible to walk after spending that amount of time in space. Ligyron Sep 2017 #1

And bone loss. AtheistCrusader Sep 2017 #2

Yes, did you did how hard that thing hit the ground? Ligyron Sep 2017 #3

Yeah, they basically fire reactive armor explosives to slow it down before touchdown. AtheistCrusader Sep 2017 #4

So that's what that was. Ligyron Sep 2017 #7

Nice duration, but she didnt go anywhere. We need to be on Mars tomhagen Sep 2017 #5

Step by step. AtheistCrusader Sep 2017 #6

Ligyron

(7,645 posts)

1. It's almost impossible to walk after spending that amount of time in space.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Wed Sep 6, 2017, 09:19 AM

Sep 2017

Muscle atrophy.

Looks like she needed some assistance in that picture.

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)

2. And bone loss.

Reply to Ligyron (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 6, 2017, 10:20 AM

Sep 2017

But everyone needs assistance after a long stint in space, and the Soyuz entry and landings are pretty rough. Landing crews take no chances.

Ligyron

(7,645 posts)

3. Yes, did you did how hard that thing hit the ground?

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 6, 2017, 12:35 PM

Sep 2017

Water seems a bit more forgiving to me but the Russians have always done it this way.

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)

4. Yeah, they basically fire reactive armor explosives to slow it down before touchdown.

Reply to Ligyron (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 6, 2017, 12:39 PM

Sep 2017

Like a friggin tank trying to stop an incoming round. Except it's pushing against the earth.

Leave it to the Russians I guess. Seems to work though.

Edit: NASA astronaut Scott Kelly compared the trip to "going over Niagara Falls in a barrel — that’s on fire."
Edit2: Not reactive armor, but 'solid fuel rockets'.

Still looks like a hell of a bang.

Ligyron

(7,645 posts)

7. So that's what that was.

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #4)

Wed Sep 6, 2017, 12:55 PM

Sep 2017

I was wondering if it wasn't something like that. Too much dust and dirt to just be the result of hitting the ground. The noise must be deafening inside I don't care how well insulated that thing is.

tomhagen

(3,604 posts)

5. Nice duration, but she didnt go anywhere. We need to be on Mars

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Wed Sep 6, 2017, 12:45 PM

Sep 2017

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AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)

6. Step by step.

Reply to tomhagen (Reply #5)

Wed Sep 6, 2017, 12:52 PM

Sep 2017

What we learn from the low-earth orbit long duration astronauts, will help us when we go through and beyond the van allen radiation belts.

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