Astronauts Splash Down To Earth After Medical Evacuation From ISS (bbc.com) 26
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Four astronauts evacuated from the International Space Station (ISS) have landed back on Earth after their stay in space was cut short by a month due to a "serious" medical issue. The crew's captain, Nasa astronaut Mike Fincke, exited the spacecraft first, smiling and wobbling slightly on his feet before lying down on a gurney, following normal procedures. Nasa's Zena Cardman, Japan's Kimiya Yui and cosmonaut Oleg Platonov followed, waving and beaming at cameras. "It's so good to be home!", said Cardman.
It is the first time astronauts have been evacuated due to a health issue since the station was put into Earth's orbit in 1998. The team, known as Crew-11, will now receive medical checks before being flown back to land after the splash down off the coast of California. In a news conference after splash-down, Nasa administrator Jared Isaacman said the sick astronaut is "fine right now" and in "good spirits." Judging by past Nasa communications about astronauts' health, it is unlikely that the identity of the crew member or details of the health issue will be released to the public.
Control of the ISS has been handed over to Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and two other crew members. The astronauts arrived on the ISS on August 1 expecting to complete a standard six and a half month stay. They were due to come home in mid-February. But last week, a scheduled spacewalk by Fincke and Cardman was called off at the last minute. Hours later, Nasa revealed a crew member had become ill.
It is the first time astronauts have been evacuated due to a health issue since the station was put into Earth's orbit in 1998. The team, known as Crew-11, will now receive medical checks before being flown back to land after the splash down off the coast of California. In a news conference after splash-down, Nasa administrator Jared Isaacman said the sick astronaut is "fine right now" and in "good spirits." Judging by past Nasa communications about astronauts' health, it is unlikely that the identity of the crew member or details of the health issue will be released to the public.
Control of the ISS has been handed over to Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and two other crew members. The astronauts arrived on the ISS on August 1 expecting to complete a standard six and a half month stay. They were due to come home in mid-February. But last week, a scheduled spacewalk by Fincke and Cardman was called off at the last minute. Hours later, Nasa revealed a crew member had become ill.
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In fact, after staring intently at Mr. Platonov - several women reportedly became UN-pregnant...
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assuming this is not a joke i donâ(TM)t get (likely) there appear to be two women. pregnancy was also my first guess. And it might actually be a legit experiment (ethics aside).
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This was quite widely covered:
https://www.hawley.senate.gov/watch-hawley-grills-pro-abortion-doctor-over-refusal-to-say-men-cant-get-pregnant/
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I couldn’t think of a less sexy place. A sealed tin can with several other occupants. Well maybe a port a john.
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Vastly more likely that someone got a toothache.
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Odds are that it either didn't have anything to do with being in space, or the doctors and scientists in a position to address the issue have or will get access, even if in barely anonymized form.
A bunch of IT nerds are not in the need to know.
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The taxpayer has an interest in deciding for themselves. Did you believe Biden's doctor? If there is an issue that affects what is done in space and how, it's in NASA's interest to suppress the information lest something happen to its funding.
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What decision do they have an interest in? Are you a doctor to interpret the measurements taken by Biden's doctors? Do you trust Trump's instead, given the stuff I'm hearing?
Submit a freedom of information act request if you want.
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So, do we have to preserve the privacy of someone going on a jolly jaunt on the taxpayers' dollar
When the three astronauts rip off their monitoring electrodes in Apollo 13, it's great to know that someone in the movie theater was saying "Won't somebody think of the taxpayers?"
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Have to re-watch ... (Score:2)
I have seen some movies on that topic. (Score:2)
Astronauts back on Earth with a space mutant virus. What could possibly go wrong?