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A little gem from 2021 I (partially) drew whilst hungover. :𝑏

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 11 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.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Yuri Gagarin was rumored to be drunk when he took the famous flight.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 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.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

He probably mistook vodka for water, give him a break

[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Hear, hear!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You probably can, but it'll kill you.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Waterboarded by vomit. Vomitboarded. Yikes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

At least it's your own vomit.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

There’s always an optimist. Thanks for that ;)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

We shall call it the Hendrix.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 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.