after three days, it s not as bad as after six months. and so they ll be coming out and showing everyone, hey, this is doable. even for an amateur crew that hasn t had the experience, the professional training of a professional astronaut, you can do this and you can come back and be okay. doctor, they have been in zero gravity for the last three days. i have asked you to sort of explain what that feels like. since we are about to watch them exit the the capsule, i want to ask you, again, to talk us through what their bodies currently feel like and what is going to feel like when they are finally able to stand up and exit that capsule. talk us through it. yeah. so when you go to space, your your body adapts to micro microgravity pretty quickly. um, what happens is the fluids in the lower half of your torso and your legs equilibriate.
crew emerging from spacex capsule after the historic flight. but i didn t see any moon moon walks. i was surprised by that, kristin. i thought at least we d see a moon walk. i felt like i was watching that moment at like a wedding reception where the wedding party comes in and do their own dances. they deserve every fist pump. i would have loved to have seen a moon walk. but think what they went through. three days in microgravity. just re-entered the atmosphere inside a capsule dealing with temperatures of 3500 degrees fahrenheit before splashing down in the atlantic ocean. and the recovery ship pulling the capsule back safely onboard. i think it was fitting, the 29-year-old hayley arceneaux was the first to exit the crew dragon capsule. she was the youngest american to
capsule. then someone else, a member of the recovery team, actually hops on top of the capsule to get it ready for extraction. and about 30 minutes later, we ll see the main capsule recovery ship arrive. and it s going to pull the capsule out of the ocean and then, when it is safely onboard, the capsule recovery ship, only then will they open up the hatch and let those astronauts out. it s going to be very interesting to see what spacex decide ts to do at that point i time. because nasa astronauts got back from longer duration flights to the international space station, like doug hurley and bob benkin on demo 2. they were taken out on a stretcher. it takes a while for your body to adjust to longer being in microgravity. and don t forget, you re actually on a moving ship and there are waves, so they don t want anybody to trip and fall. we don t know exactly if that s what they re going to do for this crew, since they were only up in orbit for about three days, that still remains to be s
a team that does help them as they egress or exit the vehicle. as they have been out in microgravity the last three days, they have not felt the gravity of their own body in three days. so this is very standard procedure to have some support and help as they egress the vehicle. and right now it looks like they are removing the foot rests at the bottom of their seats. in will give them some space as they exit. yeah, that is a good thing to note when we land we recline the seats back down to make it a little bit easier for astronauts and crew members to exit the vehicle.
that will help with understanding how space flight might affect the human body, if you are in space for an extended time but also, you can imagine how some treatments here on earth, we might be able to figure out some breakthrough, looking at how they work in microgravity as well. ., ., ., , , , well. how innovative is this trip, how exciting well. how innovative is this trip, how exciting is well. how innovative is this trip, how exciting is it, well. how innovative is this trip, how exciting is it, and well. how innovative is this trip, how exciting is it, and i - well. how innovative is this trip, how exciting is it, and i know i well. how innovative is this trip, | how exciting is it, and i know that we have used the word space tourism before, but are we looking at the advent of more space tourism rather than amateur astronauts going into space or actual astronauts? brute than amateur astronauts going into space or actual astronauts? we have to crack the space or actual a