Stranded Astronauts Biden's political pawns

[Marener]

so why haven't they done it?

Why would they need to? There’s no emergency. They’re not in any danger.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

Why would they need to? There’s no emergency. They’re not in any danger.

Doctor reveals frightening process stranded NASA astronauts will undergo after returning to Earth

Stranded NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore have been trapped in space for nine months

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The countdown is officially on for the rescue mission of the two NASA astronauts currently stranded in space.

But according to one doctor, Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore's return to Earth won't be as simple as it sounds, and the pair could actually be forced to endure a lengthy rehab process following their journey.

Williams and Wilmore have been trapped onboard the International Space Station for nine months now, following a botched eight-day mission.

A number of technical faults - including fuel and helium leaks, dead manoeuvring thrusters, and a broken propellant valve - meant that the duo have been awaiting rescue since June of last year.

During their time away from home, concern has mounted up surrounding the astronauts' health - particularly when it comes to their lack of muscle used as a result of microgravity.

According to the BBC, the lack of use of back, neck, calf and quad muscles can mean they begin to atrophy, and can even plummet by as much as 20 percent in just two weeks, and by 30 percent between 3-6 months.

The fact that neither Williams and Wilmore are putting their bodies through mechanical strain in space also means that their bones can demineralise and weaken.

With this in mind, medics have said this week that, following their upcoming return, the pair may initially struggle to walk on their own.

Due to the low gravity of the Earth's atmosphere compared to life in outer space, the duo could be transferred onto stretchers and rushed off to medical evaluations when their spacecraft lands, the doctors told the Mail.

Speaking to the publication, pulmonologist and Air Force veteran Dr Vinay Gupta said the scientists could be forced to undergo six weeks of rehabilitation in a bid to regain their strength.

As well as guided exercise - focussing on muscle training and flexibility - put into place to see them readjusted to their home-planet's pressure, they'll also likely abide by a regimented diet.

Biomedical engineer Dr John Jaquish added: "The human body needs the Earth's gravitational pull, and in an absence of that, a lot of things are not functioning correctly."

Dr Gupta said the duo should also be screened for cancer, due to the extreme levels of space radiation they'd have faced during their time in space.

Being that one week in the ISS is equivalent to a year's worth of Earth's radiation, Williams and Wilmore have an increased risk of also developing damage to their central nervous system and any cardiovascular diseases.

"If I was their physician, I would think about a more proactive strategy for cancer screening," Dr Gupta explained.

 

[BluesLegend]

Just another Biden FUBAR to add to the list the useless skank. Yeah, Jill the one who was actually president the past 4 years.

 

[sealybobo]

Just another Biden FUBAR to add to the list the useless skank. Yeah, Jill the one who was actually president the past 4 years.

Remember when Trump was president and it sounded like the astronauts were saying that Biden stranded them in space? I knew at the time they were being threatened by Trump and Musk. If they didn't say that, they might be stranded for a lot longer. So they said what Trump told them to say.

Now what are they saying now that they are safe back on earth?

“I wouldn’t characterize as they failed us. I would characterize it as, there was a huge team working together diligently to try to weigh all the risks of putting people in a spacecraft for the very first time with brand-new systems,” she said.

Wilmore also disputed whether they were truly “stranded,” as the media and President Donald Trump said, saying: “In the big scheme of things, we weren’t stuck.”

So clearly Trump was using them for political purposes.

He added, “OK, in certain respects, we were stuck. In certain respects, maybe we were stranded. But based on how they were couching this, that we were left, forgotten, and all that, we were nowhere near any of that, at all.”
He also said that he believes everyone shares a piece of the blame for what went wrong, including himself as the commander of Boeing’s Crew Flight Test mission.
“Is Boeing to blame and culpable? Sure. Is NASA to blame? Are they culpable? Sure. Everybody has a piece in it,” he said. “There are some things I should have asked that I didn’t know I needed to ask.”