• @[email protected]
    56•10 months ago

    Didn’t the use to put the astronauts into quarantine for a few days prior to launch. It avoids hangovers and the flu, in space.

    • Decoy321
      42•10 months ago

      Understandable. Dude was the first, I’m sure his odds at the time warranted a few shots.

      • @nevemsenki
        7•10 months ago

        His odds were good,actually ; despite the near-constant rumours around the USSR space program, Korolev did his best to make sure the launch was safe as it could get.

        • Decoy321
          11•10 months ago

          Rest assured, I’m in agreement. I’m just joking that the dude who was the first to use an explosion to leave the planet might have some nerves that needed calming.

    • kpw
      13•10 months ago

      Yes, but he’s also Russian which disqualifies this fact as extraordinary.

  • @netwren
    30•10 months ago

    I mean I’d imagine the launch is quite a sobering experience. Might actually be a good thing to pre-game to relax a bit considering your strapped to a controlled bomb.

    • @LemmyKnowsBest
      25•10 months ago

      People who rely on substance abuse to cope with stress are probably disqualified from being astronauts.

        • kase
          5•10 months ago

          I swear I’m tempted to respond with this every single time I see this person lol, but it’d probably get annoying after a while if I did

          • @LemmyKnowsBest
            6•10 months ago

            either way, I would deflect the compliment to Lemmy! My username is in honor of Lemmy rescuing us from the R-word.

            • kase
              3•10 months ago

              Hear, hear!

  • e_mc2
    18•10 months ago

    On the plus side, you can’t barf lying on your back facing upwards with 6G.

    • chaogomu
      21•10 months ago

      A rocket like that has almost zero pilot control.

      In fact, for the longest time, astronauts were 100% payload. Now they’re 99% payload.