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What Happens When Astronauts Return To Earth?

by lanfear63
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I love the "forgetting Gravity exists" bit. Basically, up in the space station you get used to your new conditions pretty quickly. How quickly we can unlearn things.
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    Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

    https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mVjjOPujc-0

    I love the "forgetting Gravity exists" bit. Basically, up in the space station you get used to your new conditions pretty quickly. How quickly we can unlearn things.
    I've read that when they first land, the astronauts can't even walk. They have to be carried out of the capsule.

    Could you imagine if suddenly, gravity was 3 or 4 times greater than it is now? Every movement would be exhausting.....balancing without falling would be difficult. I imagine that's how they feel at first.

    But these astronauts quickly re-adapt to the gravity of Earth. The muscles, bones, and senses really want to be at our gravity....

    I like how the guy that drops the cup and pen looks up and down for them, with no instinct that things fall to the floor.
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