Virgin Galactic & Barf Bags
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Not a subject that immediately springs to mind when thinking about suborbital tourism. However I was wandering how Virgin are going to cope with the fact that over 50% of Astronauts suffer from Space Adaption Sickness and vomiting is a common phenomena. Normal barf bags aren't going to work too well in a low gravity environment.
plasticpig said:
Not a subject that immediately springs to mind when thinking about suborbital tourism. However I was wandering how Virgin are going to cope with the fact that over 50% of Astronauts suffer from Space Adaption Sickness and vomiting is a common phenomena. Normal barf bags aren't going to work too well in a low gravity environment.
They're developing special goldfish bowl helmets with an internal winscreen wiper.plasticpig said:
Not a subject that immediately springs to mind when thinking about suborbital tourism. However I was wandering how Virgin are going to cope with the fact that over 50% of Astronauts suffer from Space Adaption Sickness and vomiting is a common phenomena. Normal barf bags aren't going to work too well in a low gravity environment.
They'll only be in low gravity conditions for four or five minutes at the most, if I understand the flight plan correctly. I'm guessing a bag with a good seal around the mouth and some kind of one-way valve will work - vomit gets ejected with a fair bit of force.Crossflow Kid said:
Jimbo. said:
DieselGriff said:
If they eat on the day of the flight they will be restricted to bananas.
(Just wondering if anyone recognises the Clarkson connection )
Taste the same on the way up, as they do on the way down...or something like that!(Just wondering if anyone recognises the Clarkson connection )
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