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- Path: sparky!uunet!utcsri!utgpu!utzoo!henry
- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: Russian/French Soyuz TM-15 mission launched to Mir station
- Message-ID: <Bs47Hu.3op@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 19:58:41 GMT
- References: <1992Jul28.001028.13734@cs.sfu.ca> <1992Jul28.145328.4322@news.cs.brandeis.edu>
- Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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- In article <1992Jul28.145328.4322@news.cs.brandeis.edu> chimps@binah.cc.brandeis.edu writes:
- >>Alexander Viktorenko and Alexander Kaleri, who are in their 5th month in
- >>space (since Mar. 17th).
- >
- >What are the physical effects, if any, of being in space for so long?
- >Are the men able to function normally upon return to Earth, or
- >can they not handle the increase in gravity?
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- Five months is no big deal. Cosmonauts have been up for over a year.
- There are some problems on return, but they appear to be controllable.
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- There is nothing wrong with making | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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