« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Stranded NASA astronaut says she's lost ability to perform vital bodily function after being in spac  (Read 3277 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline 240B

  • Lord of all things Orange!
  • TBR Advisory Committee
  • ***
  • Posts: 20,349
  • I refuse to be obstinate!
    • I try my best ...
Stranded NASA astronaut says she's lost ability to perform vital bodily function after being in spac
« on: January 31, 2025, 06:56:01 pm »

Stranded NASA astronaut says she's lost ability to perform vital bodily function after being in space so long

Daily Mail
By ELLYN LAPOINTE
31 January 2025

One of NASA's stranded astronauts has revealed she has lost the ability to perform several basic tasks after being stranded in space for eight months.

Sunita Williams admitted this week that she has forgotten what it's like to walk after spending 234 days in microgravity.

'I've been up here long enough, right now I've been trying to remember what it's like to walk. I haven't walked. I haven't sat down. I haven't laid down,' she said during a video call with students at Needham High School in Massachusetts on Monday.

Williams, 59 and her crewmate, Barry Wilmore, 62, were supposed to spend eight days on the ISS when they embarked on their mission on June 5, but the Boeing capsule that took them was plagued by technical issues.

The capsule has since returned to Earth empty, leaving the two astronauts stuck on the ISS until at least late March when they can catch a ride home on SpaceX's Crew-9 spacecraft.

President Donald Trump said 'the two brave astronauts' were 'virtually abandoned by the Biden administration' and asked Elon Musk and SpaceX to 'go get' them.

'Elon will soon be on his way. Hopefully, all will be safe,' the president said. 'Good luck Elon!!!'

(more)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14338015/stranded-nasa-astronauts-trump-rescue-mission-elon-musk.html

I would lose my freakin' mind if this happened to me. Cannot imagine the horror of this. They put on a brave face, but underneath it all they must be screaming.
Logged
You cannot "COEXIST" with people who want to kill you.
If they kill their own with no conscience, there is nothing to stop them from killing you.
Rational fear and anger at vicious murderous Islamic terrorists is the same as irrational antisemitism, according to the Leftists

Online Wingnut

  • The problem with everything is they try and make it better without realizing the old way is fine.
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 21,238
  • Gender: Male
Re: Stranded NASA astronaut says she's lost ability to perform vital bodily function after being in
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2025, 06:58:58 pm »
They are both too old to be in space for that long.
Logged
You don’t become cooler with age but you do care progressively less about being cool, which is the only true way to actually be cool.

Offline 240B

  • Lord of all things Orange!
  • TBR Advisory Committee
  • ***
  • Posts: 20,349
  • I refuse to be obstinate!
    • I try my best ...
Re: Stranded NASA astronaut says she's lost ability to perform vital bodily function after being in
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2025, 09:28:23 pm »
When they get back to Earth, they will have to be put in a sort of 'iron lung' kind of contraption. It will take them weeks to reorient to being back on Earth. They will not be able to walk or see. Like long deployment submariners, when your sight is restricted to only a few feet over a long period of time, you cannot see long distances. It takes time to adjust.

After they lay in the pod for a while to get reintroduced to gravity, then they will be able to begin physical therapy to be able to walk again, to eat, to go to the bathroom, and to get around on their own. It will be a gentle long-term process.
Logged
You cannot "COEXIST" with people who want to kill you.
If they kill their own with no conscience, there is nothing to stop them from killing you.
Rational fear and anger at vicious murderous Islamic terrorists is the same as irrational antisemitism, according to the Leftists

Offline mountaineer

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 62,025
Re: Stranded NASA astronaut says she's lost ability to perform vital bodily function after being in
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2025, 09:58:53 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on January 31, 2025, 06:58:58 pm
They are both too old to be in space for that long.
Good point.
Logged
The abnormal is not the normal just because it is prevalent.
Roger Kimball, in a talk at Hillsdale College, 1/29/25

Offline GtHawk

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 14,528
  • Gender: Male
  • Well EXCUSE me!
Re: Stranded NASA astronaut says she's lost ability to perform vital bodily function after being in
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2025, 04:02:30 pm »
Lesson learned, don’t sign up to be guinea pigs for untested/unproven technology.
Logged

Offline Gefn

  • "And though she be but little she is fierce"-Shakespeare
  • Cat Mod
  • *****
  • Posts: 15,966
  • Gender: Female
  • Quos Deus Vult Perdere Prius Dementat
Re: Stranded NASA astronaut says she's lost ability to perform vital bodily function after being in
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2025, 07:52:11 am »
It's so sad.

I hope she and the other gentleman can get home soon
Logged
G-d bless America. G-d bless us all                                 

Adopt a puppy or kitty from your local shelter
Or an older dog or cat. They're true love❤️

Offline Weird Tolkienish Figure

  • Technical
  • *****
  • Posts: 12,990
Re: Stranded NASA astronaut says she's lost ability to perform vital bodily function after being in
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2025, 08:27:24 am »
Im just gonna go out and say it; there’s nothing even in space, not around us anyway. Bunch of lifeless rockets floating around.
Logged

Offline Gefn

  • "And though she be but little she is fierce"-Shakespeare
  • Cat Mod
  • *****
  • Posts: 15,966
  • Gender: Female
  • Quos Deus Vult Perdere Prius Dementat
Re: Stranded NASA astronaut says she's lost ability to perform vital bodily function after being in
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2025, 02:37:16 pm »
Quote from: Weird Tolkienish Figure on February 05, 2025, 08:27:24 am
Im just gonna go out and say it; there’s nothing even in space, not around us anyway. Bunch of lifeless rockets floating around.


There’s also a red Tesla out there
Logged
G-d bless America. G-d bless us all                                 

Adopt a puppy or kitty from your local shelter
Or an older dog or cat. They're true love❤️

Offline libertybele

  • Cat Mod
  • *****
  • Posts: 64,998
  • Gender: Female
Re: Stranded NASA astronaut says she's lost ability to perform vital bodily function after being in
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2025, 02:41:16 pm »
Quote from: Gefn on February 05, 2025, 07:52:11 am
It's so sad.

I hope she and the other gentleman can get home soon

I'm not sure, but I thought help to get them back home is on the way from Elon.
Logged

Offline rustynail

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 4,741
Re: Stranded NASA astronaut says she's lost ability to perform vital bodily function after being in
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2025, 03:08:11 pm »
Wonder how much Xanax is on that ship?
Logged

Offline DefiantMassRINO

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11,203
  • Gender: Male
Re: Stranded NASA astronaut says she's lost ability to perform vital bodily function after being in
« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2025, 03:14:23 pm »
Leave it to Biden to strand US astronauts in space.  FJB
Logged
"Political correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it’s entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end." - Alan Simpson, Frontline Video Interview

Offline Weird Tolkienish Figure

  • Technical
  • *****
  • Posts: 12,990
Re: Stranded NASA astronaut says she's lost ability to perform vital bodily function after being in
« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2025, 05:47:12 pm »
Quote from: Gefn on February 05, 2025, 02:37:16 pm

There’s also a red Tesla out there

That's true!
Logged

Online Wingnut

  • The problem with everything is they try and make it better without realizing the old way is fine.
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 21,238
  • Gender: Male
Re: Stranded NASA astronaut says she's lost ability to perform vital bodily function after being in
« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2025, 05:53:40 pm »
Quote from: Gefn on February 05, 2025, 02:37:16 pm

There’s also a red Tesla out there

Its Major Tom's ride home
Logged
You don’t become cooler with age but you do care progressively less about being cool, which is the only true way to actually be cool.
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »