NASA's Scott Kelly Grew 2 Inches: The Body After A Year In Space

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edited March 2016 in A Moving Train
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/02/nasas-scott-kelly-grew-2-inches-the-body-after-a-year-in-space.html

I wonder if that's the only thing that grew or that possibly shrunk. I grew an inch on my left side after triple orthodesis foot surgery.

Astronauts get a bit taller in space because of the disks of the spinal column: On Earth, the disks are slightly compressed due to gravity. In space, that compression is no longer present causing the disks to expand. The result: the spine lengthens, and the astronaut is taller.

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  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,979
    Tell me about it. I could use a year in space for my back.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,075
    I remember reading about this when Chris Hadfield got back from his time in space. It is actually really painful on your spine with gravity pushing it back into place (i am sure that is not the right way to describe it). Pretty wild.

    Both Hadfield and Kelly were awesome with social media. Very cool to be able to see the day to day of astronauts.
  • WhatYouTaughtMe
    WhatYouTaughtMe Posts: 4,957
    g under p said:

    http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/02/nasas-scott-kelly-grew-2-inches-the-body-after-a-year-in-space.html

    I wonder if that's the only thing that grew or that possibly shrunk.

    Peace

    Somebody has to ask the tough questions. Hahaha.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    WhatYouTaughtMe said:

    g under p said:

    http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/02/nasas-scott-kelly-grew-2-inches-the-body-after-a-year-in-space.html

    I wonder if that's the only thing that grew or that possibly shrunk.

    Peace

    Somebody has to ask the tough questions. Hahaha.
    And oh man, I've got a slew of follow-up questions =)

    I never even considered gravity's effect on the body...in that sense, of being in space. It sure fucks with my back enough here on earth.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,846
    Ah! But does going into outer space expand the mind? :pensive:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
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  • WhatYouTaughtMe
    WhatYouTaughtMe Posts: 4,957
    brianlux said:

    Ah! But does going into outer space expand the mind? :pensive:

    I would guess in more than one way. What a trip that had to be, also in more than one way.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,846
    WhatYouTaughtMe said:

    brianlux said:

    Ah! But does going into outer space expand the mind? :pensive:

    I would guess in more than one way. What a trip that had to be, also in more than one way.
    Yeah ok, fine, but how much do they charge for peanuts and a soda?

    Uh huh!

    :lol:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • WhatYouTaughtMe
    WhatYouTaughtMe Posts: 4,957
    brianlux said:

    WhatYouTaughtMe said:

    brianlux said:

    Ah! But does going into outer space expand the mind? :pensive:

    I would guess in more than one way. What a trip that had to be, also in more than one way.
    Yeah ok, fine, but how much do they charge for peanuts and a soda?

    Uh huh!

    :lol:
    Have you been drinking the water around here Brian? :lol:
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,846
    WhatYouTaughtMe said:

    brianlux said:

    WhatYouTaughtMe said:

    brianlux said:

    Ah! But does going into outer space expand the mind? :pensive:

    I would guess in more than one way. What a trip that had to be, also in more than one way.
    Yeah ok, fine, but how much do they charge for peanuts and a soda?

    Uh huh!

    :lol:
    Have you been drinking the water around here Brian? :lol:
    Sumpin' like that. :lol:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • ldent42
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    eddiec said:

    Tell me about it. I could use a year in space for my back.

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