She is married??! And she wants to keep the other woman from a guy with whom she is somehow involved? 
Yeah. Obviously I will have to make NASA and the rest of the world to change the word "astronaut" in order to avoid any conflict or confusion in the future. For the record - I had nothing to do with this. I don't even know these people.Schrodinger's Dog said:
That's just wrong. :rofl:
That can't be right - she'd be 63! What are those people thinking - or are they even thinking?
I don't think she'll be able to make it.
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The rest of the world already changed to cosmonaut long ago. The word astronaut doesn't really make sense (if ever they do travel to a star I hope they go at night so they don't get burned up). But then cosmonaut isn't specific enough as we are all, in a sense, cosmonauts. If we don't come up with something quick, there's a danger it will become naughtynaut. I suggest "ex-pat".
hahaha... Sarcasim from an American.. Someone call the papers, I think we have some *real* news this time :rofl:Astronuc said:
they're getting better at it than us, if it isn't bad enough that they steal our great comedians, they're stealing our culture too, and what do we get Starsky and bloody Hutch,24, BattleStar Galictica, House:grumpy:, and an increasing gun culture :lol:
It just occurred to me; "some joker" did it.
Whatever you say JokesAreHard.
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:rofl:Yes that it true. As pointed out in various articles - astronauts wear diapers during lift-off (launch) and re-entry - just in case. The body is subjected to significant g-forces.It sounds to me like she used the diapers herself?
People change. Apparently after being accepted as an astronaut, a process which includes psychological screening/testing, no further psych tests are performed. Rather, one is subsequently evaluated on performance.
Lauch and re-entry put major stress on the body, particularly tissues like the brain. Add to this, radiation in space, particularly at ISS. Add to this stress from everyday life including home and work.
Exactly. And, upon return to Earth, orthostatic intolerance is a very common problem (inability to stand on their own, and fainting when standing upright). This occurs even after short space flights. The body is slow to recover from the effects of gravity on blood, and other fluid, distribution through the body. In space, there is a shift of blood up into the upper body and head and away from the extremities, and upon return to Earth, the shift is back out to the extremities and the heart doesn't sufficiently keep up with the shift to keep enough blood supply to the head, so fainting occurs. I've been told by someone who worked for NASA that this is the one area where a sex difference occurs in physiological responses to space flight too, and it's the women who experience more symptoms of this problem (i.e., more fainting episodes). I remembered that because I would have predicted the sex difference would be in the opposite direction...my prediction would have been that women naturally experience dramatic shifts in fluid balance during pregnancy, so would have better adaptation to those shifts than men...so it really stuck in my mind upon hearing the women were less able to adapt than the men in that case. That sort of shift in blood/nutrient/oxygen supply to the brain sure sounds like something with potential to cause any number of neurological problems...stroke, focal ischemia, etc. It just makes no sense not to monitor for pscyhological symptoms.
It's hard to imagine any scenario where an insanity defense wouldn't be considered in this case.