He suddenly couldn't speak in space. NASA astronaut says his medical scare remai

amai 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Havanna syndrome?

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matt123456789 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Zero g. Stroke, or TIA. Right?

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laughing_man 19 hours ago | parent [-]

Isn'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 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They 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.

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general1465 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Could be a high energy particle damaging brain?

	▲	Guestmodinfo 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Van 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

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Guestmodinfo 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Just 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.)

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ktallett 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Not 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.