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The first Japanese man in space was sent up by the Soviets. He was a chain smoking, heavy drinking journalist sent up as a publicity stunt, and apparently he hated space. (hexbear.net)

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Akiyama was not a trained astronaut, scientist nor engineer. During his time aboard Mir, Akiyama gave live reports each day documenting life aboard the station, but his apparent discomfort led to him being described as the first "antihero in space". He described his struggles such as space sickness and craving for cigarettes:During training, he quit smoking cigarettes, having previously smoked four packs a day. Before liftoff, when asked what he looked forward to most upon his return to Earth, he said "I can't wait to have a smoke". His fellow cosmonauts later reported, in regards to his nausea, that they "hadn't ever seen a man vomit that much."

Why has nobody made an anime about this guy???

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

damn the comments here are really coming for me where i live; at my worst i smoked 6 packs a day easy

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

As in 120 cigarettes a day?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Average human is awake 15-18 hours every day.

Meaning 120 cigarettes per day would equate somewhere between 1 cigarette every 7 1/2 minutes and 1 cigarette every 9 minutes from wake-up to sleep. I'm not sure how feasible that realistically is, as certain activities prevent smoking (IE: eating/having a shower) which would affect the overall count, unless caught up elsewhere via chain-smoking.

I suppose it is technically possible. If you push it to being awake 20 hours in a day, then it's a far more manageable 1 cigarette every 10 minutes from the second you're awake to the second you're asleep, and with only 4 hours sleep every night, you probably won't have to worry too much about the long term health effects either!