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Trump's proposed plan outlines a country not prepared for anything—except war https://t.co/kdNs1JfIJg

It sounds like the ideal job for coach potatoes: the 11 men who were selected to take part in this experiment in January 1986 were required to go to bed and lie there – for a whole year. They spent 370 days and nights in this position, without ever getting up or even sitting up. They were washed lying down, and ate, read, watched television and wrote letters in a prone position. Boris Morukov (picture avove) from the Institute for Biomedical Problems in Moscow wanted to find out what happens to a person during a long journey in weightless conditions. Morukov is a physician and a cosmonaut.

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