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He suddenly couldn't speak in space. NASA astronaut says his medical scare remai
- Guestmodinfo 7mo agoJust wanted to clarify: Here "space" means merely 300km above earth's surface and not thousands or millions. Even 300km is very difficult to survive (space station's zero gravity, etc.)
- matt123456789 7mo agoZero g. Stroke, or TIA. Right?
- laughing_man 7mo agoIsn't a TIA just a stroke that's small enough to be invisible on imaging? My dad had a TIA, and this certainly sounds similar.
- euroderf 7mo agoThey called mine a "mini-stroke". The symptoms were in my vision. After a few minutes the symptoms went away, and did not return. The docs scanned mah haid and put me on perma-meds for stroke patients. YMMV.
- general1465 7mo agoCould be a high energy particle damaging brain?
- Guestmodinfo 7mo agoVan Allen belt (consisting of very high energy particles) extends somewhere from 400 to 600km above earth's surface so it's not that far from the space station
- ktallett 7mo agoNot to be ageist but is this not a slight risk from using astronauts who are older in age due to their important experience. It does feel as if we need to find a route to fast track at least some of the crew if we are to expand a program to far more expeditions.
- amai 7mo agoHavanna syndrome?