2006-09-18 07:56:56 · 2 answers · asked by jimbo 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Valeriy Vladimirovich Polyakov (Russian: Валерий Владимирович Поляков) spent over 14 moths (437 days, 17 hours, 58 minutes to be exact) aboard the Mir space station.
When he was asked how long it took him to recover from such a long stay in space, he at first said flippantly, "One vodka, one sauna." After thinking about it for a while, he then volunteered, "About six months." I suspect much of it was in water baths... I recall seeing video of him being helped from a plane by two people after his splashdown... the poor guy looked really weak in spite of all the exercise he'd done in space!
2006-09-18 08:06:08 · answer #1 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
214 days on the russian space station, the cosmonaut that did it ended up in agony for weeks so ive been led to believe.
2006-09-18 08:02:24 · answer #2 · answered by neil d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋