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[adastra22]

They’re still figuring out what happened. When they know, we’ll know. NASA does not have authority to unilaterally release medical information of its astronauts, so there’s nothing to say until the problem is identified.

[perihelions]

- "NASA does not have authority to unilaterally release medical information of its astronauts"

Just to clarify—and I'm not denying her right to choose to do that—the person quoted in the article as citing "medical privacy" is one of the astronauts who was hospitalized.

[sim7c00]

you're right. no use making statements that only raise more quesitons

[tiahura]

Where does he say they don’t know what happened? He said they’re piecing things together, i.e. they’re still working on their story.

[dotBen]

Sorry, but there's nothing about the NASA space program which has a "deal" to be transparent with the tax payer.

From being involved with high altitude spy planes and stealth planes during the Cold war through to thinking about the many satellites that are put into space that relates to national security and even the clandestine space plane, we have no idea what it's for...

There is simply no precedent to be upset about a lack of transparency from NASA. Some of that is national security. Some of that is to protect IP. Some of it is just because of the way governments work.

Factor in that actually it may relate to a private company's operational issue (SpaceX) there's even less reason for transparency.

I don't think we will ever know

[leoh]

Yes there is. It is called a social contract.