Re: spacesickness (was Re: NASA HONORS LEGENDARY ASTRONAUT VANCE BRAND)


Henry Spencer wrote:
> In article <11sqt71mh9ut9c8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Pat Flannery <flanner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >As long as we're on this subject, what is the data as far as repeat
> >flights of a particular astronaut goes?
> >Does someone who has flown more than once get over spacesickness more
> >quickly?
>
> Dr. Money didn't mention the issue in his talk, and I didn't think to ask.
>
> Once you've gotten over spacesickness, you don't get it again on that
> flight, no matter what you're doing. But this immunity doesn't last once
> you're back in gravity; the same people do get spacesick again on the next
> flight.
>
> My impression is that there seems to be no long-lasting immunity (it's
> just as bad the second time, when the flights are widely spaced), and so
> very people have flown twice in fast succession that there's no useful
> data on short-term immunity.

Is space sickness significantly different from sea or air sickness
that many people have? I have been involved in ship surveys and small
aircraft, and am usually quite ill for the first week, and fine
afterward. Many others report the same thing.

One way to overcome aircraft sickness is to do the flying yourself. I
was once on a bumpy flight where one fellow was so violently sick that
the pilot gave him the controls and he recovered nicely - and made the
rest of us worse. Is there any way to 'pilot' a spacecraft so you feel
you are in control?

John Halpenny

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