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...grab a sandwich and risk ptomaine poisoning." A fighter "figured to have two chances: slim and none." So-and-so is "all man." A TV show's success "is now history." And, in a class by itself: "Reporters clung to [Ali] as flies are attracted to a wet jelly bean...
...prime objective of the Skylab 2 mission was to test how well humans can live and work in space. But Astronauts Al Bean, Jack Lousma and Owen Garriott also had another important goal: observing the earth. Last week, as scientists began assessing the results of the record-breaking journey (during which Skylab 2 circled the earth 859 times in more than 59 days), NASA released some of the astronauts' photographic handiwork. The stunning earth pictures ranged from such geological phenomena as craters on snow-capped volcanoes to sweeping views of Hurricane Ellen to an unusual formation of swirling clouds...
There were other reactions to the return to terrestrial gravity. "I feel a little bit like the ad says-'tired blood,' " Bean told a press conference a week after his homecoming. In part, the weakness was caused by a loss of muscle tone, which deprived the astronauts of about 20% of their strength after their two months of weightlessness. But NASA doctors also blamed a reduction in the production of red blood cells, which fell off by about 12%. Although "space anemia" was first noticed during early Gemini flights, it is still a puzzle to doctors...
...Point. The astronauts admitted that there had been mental strains in space. Bean reported that the "low point" in morale came early in the mission when problems with the Apollo command ship's rocket-control system raised fears that the flight might have to be prematurely ended, perhaps with the help of a rescue mission. But there were also lesser tensions. "We tended to get a little short with one another," Bean explained. "It would kind of build up over three or four days. [Then] it would always reach a little climax where we would kind of fuss with...
Despite healthy appetites, the astronauts lost weight, Alan Bean dropping the most: 8½ lbs. There was also a deterioration of muscle tone, marked by loss of more than an inch in the circumference of the crew's calves. Yet most of these changes took place during the first half of the flight. By the 40th day, the weights of the astronauts had stabilized...