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The other, less talked about reason that the shuttle is being mothballed is that it would cost too much money to retrofit the seats. Americans are now fat, than that includes the astronauts. They simply cannot fit in the seats or through the airlocks anymore.
I heard one of the networks is going to do a reality show where fat astronauts burst their pressure suits during EVAs.
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