Study: Astronauts as weak as 80-year-olds in space

From Brietbart:

A new study shows that astronauts can become as weak as 80-year-olds after six months at the International Space Station.
The research raises serious health concerns as NASA contemplates prolonged trips to asteroids and Mars. Weakness could be an issue during an emergency landing on Earth or an urgent spacewalk on the red planet.

The Marquette University biologist who led the study stresses that the accelerated space aging is temporary. Astronauts' muscles recover after a few months back on Earth.

And he thinks astronauts can avoid becoming weaklings with more research and the right exercise equipment in space.

Fascinating. And also scary because alien races obviously don't have the same problem. I mean, on any given episode of Star Trek they were strong enough to throw Ensign Pick-Your-Own-Name into a wall. And now we find out that Captain Kirk is helplessto stop them? Geez. What are we going to do now?

At least we have Spock, right? He's only half human, so that means he'd be as strong as a 40-year-old. And that's not too bad, right?