Re:NASA Remains Silent on Why Crew Went to Hospital After Dr...
by latchkey on Friday November 08, 2024 @11:11PM
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Just a wild guess without anything backing it up and to get the guessing party started... something like decompression sickness?
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Re:NASA Remains Silent on Why Crew Went to Hospital After Dr...
by danparsonson on Saturday November 09, 2024 @12:09AM
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Decompression sickness requires breathing air at higher than atmospheric pressure, which you only need to do if the external pressure is high (i.e. when diving - otherwise your muscles would be unable to overcome the pressure difference and you wouldn't be able to breathe).
Re:NASA Remains Silent on Why Crew Went to Hospital After Dr...
by adastra22 on Friday November 08, 2024 @11:53PM
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There was no decompression.
Re:NASA Remains Silent on Why Crew Went to Hospital After Dr...
by aeternum on Saturday November 09, 2024 @12:37AM
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My wild guess is seasickness. It's not supposed to happen to astronauts due to training and such, thus perhaps the unwillingness to say who. But tight quarters, seas were rough. You get the other astronauts checked out also just in case. I really don't have evidence for this though beyond wild speculation.
Re:NASA Remains Silent on Why Crew Went to Hospital After Dr...
by nradov on Saturday November 09, 2024 @01:08AM
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I've never heard of anyone being hospitalized for motion sickness. Symptoms stop quickly once the patient is back stationary on solid ground.
Re:NASA Remains Silent on Why Crew Went to Hospital After Dr...
by scarfaceneo on Saturday November 09, 2024 @04:03AM
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That’s cause you never had space motion sickness.
Re:NASA Remains Silent on Why Crew Went to Hospital After Dr...
by sandworm101 on Saturday November 09, 2024 @01:02AM
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They all get space sick. Training helps with the temporary effects of g but no earthly training can prepare one's inner ear and digestive tract for 24/7 weightlessness. It happens to all of them but, conversely, they all get over it in time.