Just glad they're back and alive, now they can gain some weight back and treat those cold sores. Space is full of catheters...it is not as glamourous as I hoped.
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treat those cold sores
Is that a problem on the ISS?
Yeah, I just saw an article about it, I'll dig it up, I think it was on universetoday. Doctors are trying to figure out why healthy astronauts have certain health issues, during an extended stay in space. One THEORY is that the bacterial/fungal environment on the ISS is unnaturally restricted, the personnel spend hours a day just cleaning, so the "bad" bacteria and viruses may lack competition there, which leads to infections that would resolve faster on Earth, all other things being equal. The viruses and bacteria may also mutate into meaner versions in the ISS, needs much more study.
TLDR: everything is too clean on the ISS, introduce some carefully selected dirt!
Omg wtf biden why haven't Joe Biden gotten them down from there. Sleepy Joe Biden fell asleep at the wheel and left them stranded up there.
/s, I hope? :)
Sorry I warged into my rightwing dads brain for a sec.
warged
Imagine being away so long and coming back to...
ALL THIS FUCKING SHIT!
When they went up the world was somewhat sane, now they're rescued by the new president's nazi-shuttle and probably invited to a cold hamberder feast in the White House Tesler car dealership by the first bro.
WTF.
Should have stayed up there
There aren't many Elon stans 'round here, partner
But it does seem like two more just invaded the planet. ;)
Shit talk aside, I think its worth acknowledging when your guy has done something wrong or the other guy has done something right. Like when theres a bunch of articles "no its not political" "no they aren't really stranded they love their work" and the the actual astronauts in question say "yes its political. Yes we are stranded." Well, it makes one side of the argument look like a bunch of liars who control the media.
If you can't at least acknowledge who took the L here you are going to look utterly conceited and spiteful to normies.
At one point I certainly was amused by Boeing taking the L as you say. In light of....recent events it seems rather inconsequential. For the record I am still very interested in space flight but Elon lost my personal fandom a long time ago