Boeing Being Boeing

[brian64]

nasa.gov:
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio holds the single spaceflight record at 371 days.

The length of their stay at the station was unintended but it wasn't a record. Were they going to run out of oxygen or other supplies that threatened their lives?

I really don't know...I'm just going on comments others have made that are more knowledgeable about this stuff than I am, that there could be serious effects for that long a period up there. Hopefully that's not the case.

I'm just glad they're finally making it back. I sure as hell wouldn't have wanted to be stranded up there all this time.

 

[olkofri]

I wonder how severe the effects will be of being up there so long.

They could hardly be worse than the effects of being down here so long.

 

[brian64]

They could hardly be worse than the effects of being down here so long.

Yeah, you're probably right. But I still prefer the comforts of home to being up in that tin can that long.

 

[georged]

It'll be interesting to see how they do...I do hope they recover fully, but I wonder how severe the effects will be of being up there so long.

The problems range from significant bone loss to severe vision degradation.

No amount of exercise while in space, diet, or anything that CAN be controlled will prevent it.

Here's a rundown on what happens to human eyes ---

Spaceflight associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS): an update on potential microgravity-based pathophysiology and mitigation development - PMC - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10397180/