A 59-year-old Russian cosmonaut has become the first person to spend 1,000 days in space. Russian space agency Roscosmos said Wednesday that Oleg Kononenko achieved the cumulative space time record having made five journeys to the International Space Station dating back to 2008.
Damnit. Potentially misleading headline.
I assumed it meant consecutive days and I was pumping my fist as I figured that if any space agency would sacrifice an astronaut to find out how long it takes for zero G to kill, or permanently compromise their health, well, it would be Roscosmos…
Still, very impressive.
Edit: Not because I want this guy to die, but because I’m really curious about the hard health limits of zero g living.
Can we coat the ISS with that fancy radiation eating fungus? That would make it healthier, right?
A lot of the issues aren’t even radiation. Your body just breaks down. Your bones for example become extremely brittle.
Just talk to my man Nico. I hear he has some Osteo-X he’s looking to move.