Staying healthy in null-G is easier said than done – How *do* you work out in space? This isn’t just about maintaining your six-pack. Lesser symptoms include loss of body mass, nasal congestion, sleep disturbance, excess flatulence, and puffiness of the face. These effects can be minimized through a regimen of exercise. NASA came up with an answer to this question. For this Sci-Friday, take a look at the ISS treadmill, AKA COLBERT in this quick three-minute-ish video:
Fun fact: The ISS treadmill is named ‘COLBERT,’ and NASA explains why: ‘That’s why a treadmill engineers had called simply T-2 for more than two years is suddenly famous as the Combined Operational Load-Bearing External Resistance Treadmill, or COLBERT. NASA selected the treadmill’s name after comedian and host Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” took interest during the Node 3 naming census and urged his followers to post the name “Colbert,” which received the most entries.’
I hope you enjoyed this deep dive on a scifi topic. Please feel welcomed to dive down the rabbit hole of every other Sci-Friday I’ve published in the past couple years. Have a great weekend! 🙂
