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Extremely small data set, just 24 ppl were outside of low-orbit. There are tons of other correlations that can add to it. E.g. astronauts are hand picked group
by jakozaur 10y ago
Extremely small data set, just 24 ppl were outside of low-orbit.
There are tons of other correlations that can add to it. E.g. astronauts are hand picked group that often gone through years of specialized training.
Edit: There are different subgroups in the article, all of them are small. I mentioned "Deep space refers to the frontier beyond Earth’s protective magnetosphere and atmosphere where only 24 humans in history—all Apollo astronauts, have ever travelled."
- JorgeGT 10y agoI agree on the first part, but concerning the second note that the control groups were other astronauts, not only the general population: > The rate among astronauts who never flew is 9%. Among low-Earth orbiting astronauts, its 11%. For the men who travelled to the Moon, a staggering 43%
- jakozaur 10y ago43% out of 7 astronauts who landed on moon is just 3 astronauts who got cardiovascular disease.
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- jessriedel 10y ago12 men walked on the Moon and 24 total reached lunar orbit.
- jakozaur 10y agoThe study mentions 7. Probably other died before and were excluded from the sample: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apollo_astronauts#Apollo_astronauts_who_walked_on_the_Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apollo_astronauts#Apol... E.g. Pete died from motorcycle accident at age 69: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Conrad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Conrad
- avian 10y agoFrom the original paper: > The group of all flight astronauts was comprised of 5 females and 37 males, of which the LEO astronaut subgroup contained 5 females and 30 males and the Apollo lunar astronaut subgroup was comprised of 7 males. The non-flight astronauts consisted of 3 females and 32 males. If I understand this correctly, the data set for Apollo astronauts was even smaller - just 7 people.
- ceejayoz 10y agoPrecisely. I strongly suspect it's a case of this: https://xkcd.com/882/ https://xkcd.com/882/