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NASA remains silent on why crew went to hospital after dragon splashdown

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Re: NASA remains silent on why crew went to hospital after dragon splashdown

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Post by johnchristopher »

wileydragonfly wrote: post #69
ck2 wrote: post #64

We already know that low-gravity causes all kinds of bone and muscle weakness and even messes with eyesight in a dramatic manner. The scary part is while the bones/muscles can be healed over time, the eyesight problems persist and appear to be irreversible. They have to solve this before trips to Mars will be possible, unless they are going to simulate gravity by constantly (slowly) accelerating half-way there and th…

NASA always manipulates news coverage… I recall the days 20 years ago whenever a politician got serious about cutting their budget, NASA would run a “water on the Moon!” story. If it comes out that long term space travel is going to cause brain damage (my guess here) their golden goose is cooked.

But long term, that's good: we have only one spaceship (earth) in the end, that's the one we have to take extreme care of.

Re: NASA remains silent on why crew went to hospital after dragon splashdown

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Post by kebaman »

wileydragonfly wrote: post #69
ck2 wrote: post #64

We already know that low-gravity causes all kinds of bone and muscle weakness and even messes with eyesight in a dramatic manner. The scary part is while the bones/muscles can be healed over time, the eyesight problems persist and appear to be irreversible. They have to solve this before trips to Mars will be possible, unless they are going to simulate gravity by constantly (slowly) accelerating half-way there and th…

NASA always manipulates news coverage… I recall the days 20 years ago whenever a politician got serious about cutting their budget, NASA would run a “water on the Moon!” story. If it comes out that long term space travel is going to cause brain damage (my guess here) their golden goose is cooked.

NASA is more than manned space travel with lots of unmanned missions to other planets and moons. If space travel causes brain damage, it's more like Elon will have problems.

Re: NASA remains silent on why crew went to hospital after dragon splashdown

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Post by exe34 »

kebaman wrote: post #74
wileydragonfly wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

NASA always manipulates news coverage… I recall the days 20 years ago whenever a politician got serious about cutting their budget, NASA would run a “water on the Moon!” story. If it comes out that long term space travel is going to cause brain damage (my guess here) their golden goose is cooked.

NASA is more than manned space travel with lots of unmanned missions to other planets and moons. If space travel causes brain damage, it's more like Elon will have problems.

so he'll be fine then?

Re: NASA remains silent on why crew went to hospital after dragon splashdown

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Post by inkyoto »

pavlov wrote: post #61

This is exactly the kind of headline that would appear 20 minutes into a B-rate sci-fi movie. As we approach Act II, an intrepid young journalist rushes to the hospital to find out what’s really going on… But wait, who is in the black car trailing her?

I am inclined to believe that they had clearly encountered the protomolecule, and – of course – the government is now trying to cover it up. Because, you know, too prevent another Eros.

Re: NASA remains silent on why crew went to hospital after dragon splashdown

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Post by maxerickson »

FollowingTheDao wrote: post #71

It’s either because they don’t want us to freak out that we’re not gonna be able to escape the climate change hell on earth to go to Mars or that there is some reality behind all these new UFO disclosures.

There's lots of simpler explanations. Like maybe one of them had a "gastrointestinal event" during the landing, potentially exposing the others to something infectious.
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