STS-122 astronaut illness thread

STS-122 astronaut illness thread by ChrisC on 10 Feb, 2008 13:54
This thread is for discussing the astronaut illness on STS-122 that led to the reshuffling of the mission execution sequence.
#1 by dwmzmm on 10 Feb, 2008 14:03
I'm still curious as to the nature of the illness. Remember during the third Skylab mission (Pogue, Carr & Gibson) tried to keep their
illness secret early in their mission but forgot to turn off their mikes and mission control heard of the plot. That, and in addition to their
near munity during their mission, is what led to their never getting another spaceflight assignment after their return to earth.
#2 by jmjawors on 10 Feb, 2008 14:05
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Columbus_Blog/SEMTH4QR4CF_0.html
#3 by Chris Bergin on 10 Feb, 2008 14:10
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ChrisC - 10/2/2008 2:54 PM

This thread is for discussing the astronaut illness on STS-122 that led to the reshuffling of the mission execution sequence.

The changes to the mission will be noted in the Flight Day threads, not here. If you want a thread to randomly speculate an astro's illness....well.....I'n not too sure about the viability of that, given random speculation is going to lead to a lot of babbling.

If that happens, this thread is gone.
#4 by Jim on 10 Feb, 2008 14:19
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dwmzmm - 10/2/2008 10:03 AM

I'm still curious as to the nature of the illness. Remember during the third Skylab mission (Pogue, Carr & Gibson) tried to keep their
illness secret early in their mission but forgot to turn off their mikes and mission control heard of the plot. That, and in addition to their
near munity during their mission, is what led to their never getting another spaceflight assignment after their return to earth.

You won't know.

SAS is a good enough answer
#5 by trlstyle on 10 Feb, 2008 15:03
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jmjawors - 10/2/2008 10:05 AM

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Columbus_Blog/SEMTH4QR4CF_0.html
Well I guess that will put an end to speculation. I hope he recovers to a "normal" condition soon!
#6 by Kel on 10 Feb, 2008 15:11
I don't think the general public realizes how stressful it is on the human body to go from being exposed to a constant force vector (gravity) to microgravity (and back again).

Here are a few links that discuss human physiology during adaptation to space (and returning to Earth after being in space):

Human Physiology in Space: http://www.nsbri.org/HumanPhysSpace/index.html
Mixed Up in Space: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast07aug_1.htm
When space makes you dizzy: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/25mar_dizzy.htm
Gravity Hurts: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast02aug_1.htm
#7 by ETEE on 10 Feb, 2008 17:20
Just out of curiousity and apologies if not appropriate, what would happen if an astronaut on this mission developed acute appendicitis on orbit and required immediate surgery?
#8 by Jim on 10 Feb, 2008 17:28
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ETEE - 10/2/2008 1:20 PM

Just out of curiousity and apologies if not appropriate, what would happen if an astronaut on this mission developed acute appendicitis on orbit and required immediate surgery?

deorbit
#9 by ChrisC on 10 Feb, 2008 17:47
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ChrisC - 10/2/2008 2:54 PM
This thread is for discussing the astronaut illness on STS-122 that led to the reshuffling of the mission execution sequence.

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Chris Bergin - 10/2/2008 10:10 AM
The changes to the mission will be noted in the Flight Day threads, not here. If you want a thread to randomly speculate an astro's illness....well.....I'n not too sure about the viability of that, given random speculation is going to lead to a lot of babbling. If that happens, this thread is gone.

I'm really frustrated and confused about this. We see all sorts of mindless conjecture in the "live" threads, and it seems arbitrary which discussions are deemed fit to continue their babbling, which are shunted over to a separate thread, and which are deleted.

By creating this thread I was trying to provide a place for those discussions to happen so that people won't pollute the live thread with them. I personally have zero interest in discussing the subject of this thread, but I know others do, and I want to give them a sandbox in which to do it so that they stay out of the live thread. Indeed, there were a few interesting posts about HIPAA and similar European regulations that were posted yesterday, and they were deleted wholesale.

We have weather threads, cheerleading threads, and during previous missions we've even had threads just like this one to shunt off discussions about mission specific issues ("Solar wing torn -- now what?"). Can't you just let this one stick around, at the very least so that you can point people to it when they babble in the live thread?

And with that, I've spent far too much time caring about this, and will go back to downloading John44 videos and quietly READING the live update thread
#10 by ETEE on 10 Feb, 2008 18:03
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Jim - 10/2/2008 6:28 PM

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ETEE - 10/2/2008 1:20 PM

Just out of curiousity and apologies if not appropriate, what would happen if an astronaut on this mission developed acute appendicitis on orbit and required immediate surgery?

deorbit

Presumably they would hand off the Columbus module first?
#11 by finduz on 10 Feb, 2008 18:53
That's an interesting question. I guess they have some rules they follow.

(Reminds me of the book Rama II)
#12 by USFJoseph on 10 Feb, 2008 19:06
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dwmzmm - 10/2/2008 10:03 AM

I'm still curious as to the nature of the illness. Remember during the third Skylab mission (Pogue, Carr & Gibson) tried to keep their
illness secret early in their mission but forgot to turn off their mikes and mission control heard of the plot. That, and in addition to their
near munity during their mission, is what led to their never getting another spaceflight assignment after their return to earth.

Any more details on this? I'm not old enough to remember Skylab and have never heard of this "near mutiny" before...
#13 by erioladastra on 10 Feb, 2008 21:01
"Presumably they would hand off the Columbus module first?"

If time, but if not, no we wouldn't.
#14 by dwmzmm on 10 Feb, 2008 21:03
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USFJoseph - 10/2/2008 2:06 PM

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dwmzmm - 10/2/2008 10:03 AM

I'm still curious as to the nature of the illness. Remember during the third Skylab mission (Pogue, Carr & Gibson) tried to keep their
illness secret early in their mission but forgot to turn off their mikes and mission control heard of the plot. That, and in addition to their
near munity during their mission, is what led to their never getting another spaceflight assignment after their return to earth.

Any more details on this? I'm not old enough to remember Skylab and have never heard of this "near mutiny" before...

This should give a short version of what happened:

http://www.astronautix.com/flights/skylab4.htm

It says "Rebellion by crew..." Similar to what happened on the Apollo - 7 mission (wonder why
Cunningham & Eisle never flew again? Shirra was retiring after this mission anyway.). There's
also the case of a Soviet cosmonaut who became mentally unstable (in the 1970's, I believe)
that the mission had to be terminated almost immediately so he could be brought back to earth.
#15 by CessnaDriver on 11 Feb, 2008 07:14
In Mullanes book he tells of a payload specialist getting a bit loopy, his experiment was not going well and he was overly interested with how to open the hatch. I believe he wrote that this led to a lock installed that only the commander and pilot could unlock.
#16 by MATTBLAK on 11 Feb, 2008 08:16
I've heard an opinion on who that was, but I probably couldn't say...
#17 by Oersted on 11 Feb, 2008 15:45
wasn't that a "political" space flyer...?
#18 by on 11 Feb, 2008 17:10
BBC reporting dihorea we cant trust them anymore
#19 by ETEE on 11 Feb, 2008 23:36
A journalist at the mission briefing suggested that Hans might have an ear infection and that this was common knowledge in European circles. No response from the panel.