fyeahcosmonauts:

Aleksandr Laveykin celebrates his birthday today. He spent 174 days in space on Mir in 1987.
My favourite quote from him comes from Mary Roach&rsquo;s Packing for Mars:

&ldquo;You really feel the absence of a woman,&rdquo; Laveikin tells us. &ldquo;There are sexual dreams, as a substitute. It&rsquo;s constant through the flight. We were even discussing that maybe we have to take something from the sex shops. It was discussed at [Institute for Biomedical Problems].&rdquo;
Laveikin breaks into English, as he does sometimes to tweak a translation: &nbsp;&rdquo;A rubber woman.&rdquo; A blow-up doll. Ground control, he says, nixed the idea. &ldquo;They said, &lsquo;If you would do that, then we would need to put it in your schedule for the day.&rsquo; &ldquo;

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