He suddenly couldn’t speak in space. NASA astronaut says his medical scare remains a mystery

by tallnginger

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  1. That is WAY scarier than I expected, even if it maybe wasn’t as dangerous. I thought it would be appendicitis or something common.

  2. As someone who experiences sudden aphasia, I can’t imagine what he felt like. And he’s WAY healthier than I am.

  3. im_thatoneguy on

    I was really into whitewater kayaking for a while and did roll classes on how to flip back right side up.

    One time after class I was stuck talking like Donald Duck and it was really hard to talk for a day afterword. I wonder if this wasn’t something similar. Some airway getting closed off and stuck together. Mine was just for being upside down for a couple minutes. I’m sure we haven’t discovered all the weird ways the body doesn’t work right in free fall for long periods of time.

  4. Astronauts are trained extremely well, but they are still humans, if space travel becomes more commercial one day ordinary untrained people may be able to go outwards into space still with all their human nature, good and bad

  5. >Fincke stopped apologizing to everybody after NASA’s new administrator Jared Isaacman ordered him to stop.

    That’s a respectable move from Isaacman.