The future of flying

[El Dorado]

I wonder how old the Russian was. Also I wonder how diligent the Russian guys were in doing their exercises, and how diligent the current hospitalized astronaut was. They are supposed to do a vigorous workout routine, especially for long stays. I could imagine someone slacking off on the duration or intensity of their exercise sessions. The older you are, I imagine the less you can get away with losing fitness in long term zero G.

He returned from the 437-day Mir mission about one month shy of his 53rd birthday.

 

[Thomas More]

He returned from the 437-day Mir mission about one month shy of his 53rd birthday.

That's definitely old enough to lose the easy fitness and recovery of youth. He must have ground out his exercises faithfully.

It could be a coincidence that this Boeing astronaut had to be hospitalized immediately after landing, something not related to returning to Earth's gravity. However, that's the most obvious thing to suspect. They might reveal what's going on after a little while. When I read the article about it, they weren't even identifying which astronaut.

 

[Psiman]

That's definitely old enough to lose the easy fitness and recovery of youth. He must have ground out his exercises faithfully.

It could be a coincidence that this Boeing astronaut had to be hospitalized immediately after landing, something not related to returning to Earth's gravity. However, that's the most obvious thing to suspect. They might reveal what's going on after a little while. When I read the article about it, they weren't even identifying which astronaut.

Perhaps an ubiquitous experimental mutagen had something to do with his condition.