Re: Medical probleand hd tv

Bert wrote:

On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:54:27 -0600, Craig Fink <WeBeGood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Helios wrote:

09.45 GMT Sunday - crew have woken up to a German song for Hans, who
responded in a quite happy and normal manner. No mention of any illness.


Hans looked ok in the video when he entered the space station yesterday.

It's amazing to watch how "graceful" the Station astronauts are,
especially when compared to the clumsy Shuttle astronauts.

According to CNN:

A spacewalk scheduled for Sunday has been postponed until Monday, with one
of the two astronauts scheduled to take it -- Germany's Hans Schlegel --
to be replaced.
(...)
The switch was being made because of a "medical issue," said John Shannon,
deputy shuttle program manager, at a briefing Saturday night.
"It's not uncommon for astronauts to experience some nausea and sickness
after being launched into space.
The issue is "not going to impact the objectives of this mission," Shannon
said. Because of privacy regulations, he could not confirm if Schlegel was
the ill astronaut, but said the condition was "not life-threatening."

But did not confirm that the condition is "not contagious." Colds and the
Flu are not "life-theatening" but are "contagious". It is uncommon for
space sickness to last longer than couple of days. Monday is day 5.
.

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