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I hope they actually build Babylon-5 or Deep Space Nine.
9 cm, a tad much.
A Japanese astronaut who is living on the International Space Station says he has grown 9cm (3.5in) since arriving there just over three weeks ago.
Norishige Kanai wrote on social media he was worried he would not fit into the seat of the Russian Soyuz vehicle that is due to bring him home in June.
Astronauts grow an average of between two and five centimetres in space.
This is because of the absence of gravity which allows the vertebrae in their spines to spread apart.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42618786
He's a medical doctor. Wouldn't trust him to get the dose right for an injection.I wonder if he gets his other measurements wrong?
A Japanese astronaut has apologised for wrongly stating he has grown 9cm (3.5in) since arriving at the International Space Station (ISS) just over three weeks ago.
Norishige Kanai said in fact he grew by 2cm, blaming "a measurement mistake".
"I'm very sorry for tweeting out such fake news," he tweeted in Japanese.
His original incorrect claim sparked global fascination among social media users. Astronauts grow an average of between 2-5cm in space.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42630473
No matter how trusting you are of official narratives, irrespective of how dismissive you may be of various conspiracies, surely people can see that the information-rich world we live in has no baselines, no absolute truths, no fundamental reported realities.
The strong likelihood is that someone building the capsule made a mistake and tried to cover it up.What the hell? Someone "deliberately" drilled a hole in the ISS and both the US and the Russians are pointing fingers of blame at each other:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46529422
The strong likelihood is that someone building the capsule made a mistake and tried to cover it up.
The strong likelihood is that someone building the capsule made a mistake and tried to cover it up.
I had heard that there was sealant in there, but it must have fallen away during the launch.If they tried to cover it up, wouldn't sealing it be a pretty good idea?
Space junk impact?The strong likelihood is that someone building the capsule made a mistake and tried to cover it up.
I was reading that at the cost approx $1 million a day to provide the ISS with water they are now recycling human excretions for their water consumption, however with each astronaught requiring approx 12 litres of water per day they are still sending water into space at approx $10,000 per litre, my main issue is that, even though our planet is two thirds water it is still a finite resource, the vast majority of the water we use every day remains on the planet, where as the water lost in space is irreplacable, so the more we explore space and the more people that go into space, the more our finite supply of water on this planet is reduced.
AFAIK, a certain amount of water vapour boils off into space anyway.I was reading that at the cost approx $1 million a day to provide the ISS with water they are now recycling human excretions for their water consumption, however with each astronaught requiring approx 12 litres of water per day they are still sending water into space at approx $10,000 per litre, my main issue is that, even though our planet is two thirds water it is still a finite resource, the vast majority of the water we use every day remains on the planet, where as the water lost in space is irreplacable, so the more we explore space and the more people that go into space, the more our finite supply of water on this planet is reduced.
I did say the vast majority but with each of the 3 astronaughts using 12 gallons of water a day, that is 13,140 gallons per year sent into space, thats a lot of water.AFAIK, a certain amount of water vapour boils off into space anyway.
I was reading that at the cost approx $1 million a day to provide the ISS with water
It says liters in your original? Those are significantly different.I did say the vast majority but with each of the 3 astronaughts using 12 gallons of water a day, that is 13,140 gallons per year sent into space, thats a lot of water.