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So NASA astronaut grew 2 inches in space (one year)

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    Slacker007
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    which I read is to be expected and will return to normal height soon. What the article didn't say was that has to be discomforting growing 2 inches in one year and then going back in reverse. no link provided. story is on CNN, but I am sure other outlets as well.

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      which I read is to be expected and will return to normal height soon. What the article didn't say was that has to be discomforting growing 2 inches in one year and then going back in reverse. no link provided. story is on CNN, but I am sure other outlets as well.

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      Maximilien
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      who said it was height and not length ? (asked by my GF).

      I'd rather be phishing!

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        which I read is to be expected and will return to normal height soon. What the article didn't say was that has to be discomforting growing 2 inches in one year and then going back in reverse. no link provided. story is on CNN, but I am sure other outlets as well.

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        So it is gravity after all that kept me out of the NBA

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          which I read is to be expected and will return to normal height soon. What the article didn't say was that has to be discomforting growing 2 inches in one year and then going back in reverse. no link provided. story is on CNN, but I am sure other outlets as well.

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          Just curious about his clothes; I wonder if it affected his feet and shoes.

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            which I read is to be expected and will return to normal height soon. What the article didn't say was that has to be discomforting growing 2 inches in one year and then going back in reverse. no link provided. story is on CNN, but I am sure other outlets as well.

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            Well, you should be able to tell us. It's perfectly normal for people to 'grow' an inch or more simply lying in bed for eight hours which is then reversed through the day as gravity recompresses your spine while it is upright. We're all longer in bed than we think! So unless you sleep standing up you have this experience pretty much every day! If the rigid exercise routine that ISS inhabitants go through every day to maintain bone density and muscle and tendon/ligament health has worked it shouldn't be that much different once the whole getting used to there being gravity at all process has been gone through.

            I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

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              who said it was height and not length ? (asked by my GF).

              I'd rather be phishing!

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              dandy72
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              Is she trying to tell you something? Has she sent an application with your name on it to NASA?

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                Well, you should be able to tell us. It's perfectly normal for people to 'grow' an inch or more simply lying in bed for eight hours which is then reversed through the day as gravity recompresses your spine while it is upright. We're all longer in bed than we think! So unless you sleep standing up you have this experience pretty much every day! If the rigid exercise routine that ISS inhabitants go through every day to maintain bone density and muscle and tendon/ligament health has worked it shouldn't be that much different once the whole getting used to there being gravity at all process has been gone through.

                I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

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                I'm trying to imagine common sports without gravity. - Football, - Basketball, trying make a basket, no gravity induced arc, everybody slam dunks - Baseball, every kid hits it out of the park - Hockey, the fans would have to help put the players back - Track And Field, "*Oops, coach, we just lost another one !*" - Ping Pong, eternally changing serve, always score zero

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                  Well, you should be able to tell us. It's perfectly normal for people to 'grow' an inch or more simply lying in bed for eight hours which is then reversed through the day as gravity recompresses your spine while it is upright. We're all longer in bed than we think! So unless you sleep standing up you have this experience pretty much every day! If the rigid exercise routine that ISS inhabitants go through every day to maintain bone density and muscle and tendon/ligament health has worked it shouldn't be that much different once the whole getting used to there being gravity at all process has been gone through.

                  I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

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                  I'm trying to imagine common sports without gravity. - Football, - Basketball, trying make a basket, no gravity induced arc, everybody slam dunks - Baseball, every kid hits it out of the park - Hockey, the fans would have to help put the players back - Track And Field, "*Oops, coach, we just lost another one !*" - Ping Pong, eternally changing serve, always score zero

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                    which I read is to be expected and will return to normal height soon. What the article didn't say was that has to be discomforting growing 2 inches in one year and then going back in reverse. no link provided. story is on CNN, but I am sure other outlets as well.

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                    He's the first ever 'Belter'... 'Remember the Cant!'

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                      He's the first ever 'Belter'... 'Remember the Cant!'

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                      Mycroft Holmes
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                      Nah he didn't have the haircut!

                      Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                        Nah he didn't have the haircut!

                        Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                        DaveX86
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                        ...or the tattoos, for that matter :)

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                          Well, you should be able to tell us. It's perfectly normal for people to 'grow' an inch or more simply lying in bed for eight hours which is then reversed through the day as gravity recompresses your spine while it is upright. We're all longer in bed than we think! So unless you sleep standing up you have this experience pretty much every day! If the rigid exercise routine that ISS inhabitants go through every day to maintain bone density and muscle and tendon/ligament health has worked it shouldn't be that much different once the whole getting used to there being gravity at all process has been gone through.

                          I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

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                          GuyThiebaut
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                          9082365 wrote:

                          rigid exercise routine that ISS inhabitants go through every day

                          I'm guessing the air is not so fresh on the ISS.

                          “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                          ― Christopher Hitchens

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                            9082365 wrote:

                            rigid exercise routine that ISS inhabitants go through every day

                            I'm guessing the air is not so fresh on the ISS.

                            “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                            ― Christopher Hitchens

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                            HobbyProggy
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                            It is fresh :)

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                              which I read is to be expected and will return to normal height soon. What the article didn't say was that has to be discomforting growing 2 inches in one year and then going back in reverse. no link provided. story is on CNN, but I am sure other outlets as well.

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                              Munchies_Matt
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                              This is just the disks in the spine relaxing I expect, not bone growth. We grow 1/4 inch each night because of this apparently.

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                                I'm trying to imagine common sports without gravity. - Football, - Basketball, trying make a basket, no gravity induced arc, everybody slam dunks - Baseball, every kid hits it out of the park - Hockey, the fans would have to help put the players back - Track And Field, "*Oops, coach, we just lost another one !*" - Ping Pong, eternally changing serve, always score zero

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                                Jason Hutchinson
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                                I think boxing would be pretty entertaining as well. A good punch could send you spinning.

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                                  I'm trying to imagine common sports without gravity. - Football, - Basketball, trying make a basket, no gravity induced arc, everybody slam dunks - Baseball, every kid hits it out of the park - Hockey, the fans would have to help put the players back - Track And Field, "*Oops, coach, we just lost another one !*" - Ping Pong, eternally changing serve, always score zero

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                                  sasadler
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                                  I don't know, I've played ping pong with people that put a tremendous amount of spin on the ball. It's obviously affecting the trajectories (by a lot!). You may be able to make it work in a zero gravity situation. I'd be willing to give it a try if someone would pay for the trip! :)

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                                    I'm trying to imagine common sports without gravity. - Football, - Basketball, trying make a basket, no gravity induced arc, everybody slam dunks - Baseball, every kid hits it out of the park - Hockey, the fans would have to help put the players back - Track And Field, "*Oops, coach, we just lost another one !*" - Ping Pong, eternally changing serve, always score zero

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                                    C-P-User-3 wrote:

                                    I'm trying to imagine common sports without gravity.

                                    Yeah, I think there was an episode of The Magic School Bus about that.

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