SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts taken to Pensacola hospital for extra medical checks after Dragon capsule splashdown, NASA says

[Admin]

NASA said the visit was done as a precaution.

SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts taken to Pensacola hospital for extra medical checks after Dragon capsule splashdown, NASA says : Read more

 

[Blarty]

"The SpaceX Crew-8 group of four astronauts was evaluated at Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola, a hospital nearby their splashdown site in the Atlantic Ocean"

Hope this reporter is not involved with logistics. Or driving to a local Wendy's.

same article, right in the photo caption:
"shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024"

 

[Unclear Engineer]

Now they are all out of the hospital.

But, still no word on why they were sent to the hospital in the first place.

Considering the possibility high probability of inciting a conspiracy theory about whatever happened, it seems past time for NASA to explain why "an abundance of caution" was even a consideration.

I know HIPPA is intended to protect patient privacy, but an individual can permit specific parts of his/her medical information to be made available to the public. So, what is the problem with explaining what happened?

Must be something really embarrassing, right? - to NASA, right? Do we need a Congressional investigation? I am sure politics will help the situation a lot (not)!

 

[dr.helium]

Does author of this article have a bias against SpaceX? Does the author of the later email from somebody associated with NASA? The article is written in such a manner to suggest that due to minor irregularities with the deployment of the smaller drogue chutes as well as minor irregularities with the larger main chutes the astronauts sustained injuries as a result of the landing. Nothing in the Law regarding PHI (Patient Health Information) prohibits release of the circumstances under which the injury occurred. I.E. The patient was hospitalized as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash. NASA should have either stated that the hospitalization was due to injuries due to a fault in the SpaceX capsule or stated that the hospitalization, while unexpected, was within the spectrum of possible physical responses to due prolonged weightlessness and a return to Earth gravity. The change in wording from the original NASA release which stated that reentry wa normal to a later characterization of the landing as nominal was puzzling. " Normal" is generally defined as "expected." While "nominal" in general usage means "in name only." When used in regard to space travel nominal means "the observed performance is within the range of expected outcomes." Not sure why she/her changed the word choice without explaining the difference to readers who might not know the difference. So the astronaut's condition while hospitalized is NOMINAL.