Posted
2/10/2008 02:23:00 PM
by Douglas
When does a timeline altering sickness on-orbit have "NO IMPACT" on the mission? Whenever NASA says
so.If Britney Spears wants some privacy, I have a suggestion for her: get NASA to fly her to the space station.
The space agency so vehemently protects the privacy of astronauts that even if they have to postpone a spacewalk, which costs something like a bazillion dollars a minute, because someone is sick, they won’t talk about it.
Even if the spacewalker, who has been training for more than a year, is sidelined, and a backup has to take his place, they won’t talk about it.
And even if the mission then has to be extended to make up for the extra day, they won’t talk about it.
In fact, those loyal folks at NASA will sit at a podium, look you straight in the eye and tell you that the medical situation has no impact to the mission.
If you have to delay the EVA for a day and swap out a crew member, then it
does have an impact on the mission.