All 12 moonwalkers had "lunar hay fever" from dust smelling like gunpowder (2018)
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#2we have similar problems with volcanic ash on earth
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#3Have any of them developed cancer from the space asbestos yet?
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#5Have any of them developed cancer from the space asbestos yet?
Only 4 are still alive, all in their 90s so that’d be a long time - even if some do have cancer at this stage it’s not likely to affect life expectancy I guess.
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#6we have similar problems with volcanic ash on earth
I walked up to the flows on Fagradalsfjall when it was erupting a couple of years ago, and I found the cinereous, sulfurous air to be very medicinal and clearing. I'm not sure it'd have good for me for more than a few hours, but as it was, it was great. I occasionally wish I were able to just have a chamber with that air in it.
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#7They describe the dust on the moon as,
> Fine like powder, but sharp like glass
Sounds scary. But totally worth it!
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#9Mars has toxic levels of perchlorates in the regolith. That will require that humans never come in contact with the regolith or things that touched it. Those space suits that dock to vehicles seem like a necessity.
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#10Have any of them developed cancer from the space asbestos yet?
Only 4 are still alive, all in their 90s so that’d be a long time - even if some do have cancer at this stage it’s not likely to affect life expectancy I guess.
We also have to remember that those astronauts were some of the most physically fit individuals in a nation of hundreds of millions which may skew the expected medical outcomes. Especially if we assume they always had the best healthcare available, if from nothing else than doctors asking similiar qiestions about the effects of space travel.