Word: sleeps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...already thinking of the outdoor Heptagonal, Haggerty said. "I started thinking about it last nigh before I went to sleep...
...dextroamphetamine, a stimulant to counteract scopolamine's dulling effects on the body and mind. When the pills failed to help Lenoir, NASA's chief flight surgeon Sam Pool advised from Houston ground headquarters that Lenoir also take Phenergan, an antihistamine, and Dalmane if he needed a sleep medication. But the combination of potent drugs is not an ideal solution since it can impair coordination and judgment. According to an Air Force surgeon at Andrews Air Force Base, any military or commercial pilot on such medication would automatically be grounded. Says he: "Before you fly, that stuff...
...zero gravity, though scientists do not fully understand why all the changes occur. Bones lose lose one-half of 1% of their calcium each month. Some body fluid shifts from the extremities to the chest and head; a portion of the fluid is excreted. Fatigue sets in, and sound sleep becomes elusive. The heart's size shrinks by 10%. Astronauts exercising on land after a flight have a higher pulse rate than they did before space. "We think it takes only 48 hours in space for this change in the heart to take place," says NASA's Johnson...
Here I am babbling, Dad, and I know you brook no babble. But what can you expect of a barefoot surgeon from Crabapple Cove, Me. ? I can't wait to come home, hug you and then log six or seven months' sleep...
...other side of the ocean, the parents and friends of cadets are in fear of their safety, and when they receive word that Mary or Tommy is fine they sleep lots better," he added...