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Topic: Space sickness on Mercury, Gemini and Apollo
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perineau
Member Posts: 36
From: FRANCE
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 12-23-2012 01:49 AM
   
I was just wondering - when one watches "From the Earth to the Moon" or "Apollo 13," we see astronauts getting sick during the missions of Apollo 8, 9 and 13 - were other Apollo flights or Gemini and Mercury missions for that matter plagued by space sickness? |
Jim Behling
Member Posts: 380
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 12-23-2012 03:13 AM
Space Adaptation Syndrome (SAS) is related to cabin volume. It did not affect crew members in small, tight cabin space. It only became apparent in Apollo with the ability to move around in the cabin and even more so on the shuttle. |
perineau
Member Posts: 36
From: FRANCE
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 12-23-2012 09:42 AM
Thanks for the info - I'll have to keep that in mind in case I ever get the chance to go to space! |
BBlatcher
Member Posts: 45
From: Savannah, GA, USA
Registered: Aug 2011
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posted 12-26-2012 10:48 AM
In Gene Cernan's book, he hints that space sickness was more widespread than reported. It was in a paragraph talking about Rusty Schweickart's troubles on Apollo 9, the quote was something like "Sure, you might toss your cookies a bit, but you didn't let it get you down, like some nugget." I'm paraphrasing there. Cernan also noted that 'Rusty paid the price for us all" by being public about his sickness, which also hints that it occurred on other flights. There are no specifics though. | |
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