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I 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 ast
by JorgeGT 10y ago
I 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