My training to become a space tourist

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• My life as a cosmonaut

The purpose, of course, is not to have fun but to monitor your reactions to "provocations" such as 8G, or pressure equivalent to 10,000 meters of altitude. If you can survive that in good shape, you're probably fit for training, and ultimately for space! But it means you spend a lot of time getting wired up.

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