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Just a nitpick; you have to have your appendix taken out to travel to Antarctica, so I highly doubt they're sending up astronauts without having the procedure d
by reitzensteinm 14y ago
Just a nitpick; you have to have your appendix taken out to travel to Antarctica, so I highly doubt they're sending up astronauts without having the procedure done!
In 1961, this wasn't the case, and a surgeon was forced to operate on himself:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Rogozov http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Rogozov
- protomyth 14y agoIs that still true, I was under the impression that practice had actually ended. In any case, it seems like NASA doesn't require this. http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/home/tech_life_adum.html http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/home/tech_life_adum.html http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309075858&page=102 http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309075858&page=102 http://www.bioethicsinternational.org/blog/2008/06/04/on-trip-to-mars-nasa-must-rethink-death-and-ponder-the-bioethics-involved-in-deep-space-exploration/ http://www.bioethicsinternational.org/blog/2008/06/04/on-tri... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crew_Return_Vehicle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crew_Return_Vehicle
- reitzensteinm 14y agoIt looks like you're right; thanks for correcting me.
- protomyth 14y agoI found it kind of amazing that it is actually so hard to find information on this sort of thing. You would think there would be some checklist somewhere for "I am going to the Antarctic" or "I am going into Space", but no such luck. Your statement was right at one point, it is just outdated and its not like updates show up in the air. hmm... a push new facts services on subjects I care about hmmm....