What’s it like to be 70 years old in space? “All those little aches and pains heal up.”
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/meet-the-astronaut-who-celebrated-his-70th-birthday-by-thudding-into-the-planet/
What’s it like to be 70 years old in space? “All those little aches and pains heal up.”
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/meet-the-astronaut-who-celebrated-his-70th-birthday-by-thudding-into-the-planet/
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I’m guessing 70 years of compressed and aged discs and other joint connectors suddenly not having pressure on them cancels out the “face balloon” effect. At 48 I do not know if I’m ready to trade back pain for sinus pain but who knows in 20 years maybe 🤷♂️
Then when you get back to earth, they are 3-7 times worse
So any bets on how long it takes Bezos or Musk to start selling trips to space as a chiropractic procedure?
We need to build retirement home space stations
Yea I spoke with one of the astronauts that is from Omaha a couple years ago about this. I asked him if they did studies on how low gravity could be used as a form of therapy. For like blood pressure etc. and he said they did! They’ve been looking into how it can in small doses actually help people heal
Super cool dude. Anytime I see something about him, I like I point out he shares his awesome photography from up in the ISS. u/astro_pettit
Edit: grammar
I’d swim in earth’s water to gain muscle mass instead of losing it in space.
They will – but you’ll decondition and likely die in a few years returning to Earth. You’ll never be the same as what you were.
This is why people shouldn’t use wheelchairs – once you use it there’s no coming back with intense physical therapy.
Is that space or not eating the bullshit on earth? No way he was eating the same diet.