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Internet Panics After Hearing Leaked Audio From The ISS They Were Not Supposed To Hear...As oopsies go, this was a big one.
IFL Science ^ | June 13, 2024 | JAMES FELTON

Posted on 06/17/2024 1:25:51 PM PDT by Red Badger

The Internet was briefly sent into a panic yesterday, after a NASA audio feed from the International SpacStation (ISS) was accidentally "misrouted" to a public feed.

The ISS broadcasts its view live, including footage from cameras inside and outside the station. At time of writing, you can even watch astronauts conducting a live space walk.

While very cool, mishaps with the feed can happen, as evidenced on Wednesday when the public heard audio that sounded particularly concerning. In the audio, which was assumed to be ground control communicating with the ISS, you can hear a doctor advising on a medical emergency with one of the crew who was suffering from decompression sickness.

“So if we could get the commander back in his suit, get it sealed [...] for suited hyperbaric treatment, section three for oxygen post splashdown, that would be my recommendation," the unknown voice offering medical advice said in the feed. "Understand that this is a best effort treatment and so whatever you can do is going to be better than nothing."

"I would like you to have 100 percent O2 flowing via mask while you get the suit on prior to closing the visor and pressurizing I'd like you to do a pulse check one more time," the voice added.

While concerning to people listening in, NASA confirmed shortly after that the audio was in fact a training exercise conducted on the ground.

"There is no emergency situation going on aboard the International Space Station," NASA explained in a statement posted to X (Twitter).

"At approximately 5:28 p.m. CDT, audio was aired on the NASA livestream from a simulation audio channel on the ground indicating a crew member was experiencing effects related to decompression sickness (DCS). This audio was inadvertently misrouted from an ongoing simulation where crew members and ground teams train for various scenarios in space and is not related to a real emergency. The International Space Station crew members were in their sleep period at the time. All remain healthy and safe, and tomorrow’s spacewalk will start at 8 a.m. EDT as planned."

As oopsies go, it's a pretty big one. But fear not, all is well on the ISS, and it's reassuring to know that NASA has plans in action should any actual health emergencies take place.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Health/Medicine; History; Science
KEYWORDS: iss; nasa; thebends
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1 posted on 06/17/2024 1:25:51 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: MtnClimber; SunkenCiv; mowowie; SuperLuminal; Cottonbay

This is a drill.

This is a drill

This is a drill..................


2 posted on 06/17/2024 1:26:43 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

“NASA confirmed shortly after that the audio was in fact a training exercise conducted on the ground.”

Sure. Right. Uh huh. The government would NEVER lie to us.

51 Intelligence Experts say so.


3 posted on 06/17/2024 1:31:05 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: Red Badger
NASA confirmed shortly after that the audio was in fact a training exercise conducted on the ground.

Yeah, right. Does anyone in any gov't agency still tell the truth to the public?

4 posted on 06/17/2024 1:31:26 PM PDT by econjack
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Exactly.


5 posted on 06/17/2024 1:32:57 PM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: Jane Long

Why lie about this? Complications happen in any endeavor, and in space, I’d imagine it’s quite common.

I’m assuming the feds are so used to lying and cover-ups, that it’s basically a reflex at this point.


6 posted on 06/17/2024 1:34:52 PM PDT by TonyinLA (I don't have sufficient information to formulate a reasoned opinion said no lefty ever.)
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To: Red Badger

Is the Boeing craft still stuck at the ISS?


7 posted on 06/17/2024 1:35:29 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Trump Please Build the Wall, And Deport Them All. No amnesty for anyone. End H1B!)
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To: All

“We are all locked out, I knew this mass spacewalk idea was a bad one ...”


8 posted on 06/17/2024 1:36:50 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (A conspiracy theory is usually a fact that a leftist cannot endorse)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Just put on your mask and you will be fine.

Two weeks to flatten the curve….


9 posted on 06/17/2024 1:40:03 PM PDT by Laslo Fripp (Does anybody proofread anymore?)
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To: Red Badger

We still don’t know whose shirts Major Tom wears.


10 posted on 06/17/2024 1:41:12 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (Stormy Daniels is a McGuffin)
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To: Red Badger
100% O2 is what caused Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee to be incinerated in a flash fire aboard Apollo 1. O2 is really nasty stuff around sparks or flame.

11 posted on 06/17/2024 1:41:22 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Red Badger

Why would the “Internet panic”??

Was it on tick tock or something airheads stare at?


12 posted on 06/17/2024 1:45:09 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty)
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To: TonyinLA
"Why lie about this? Complications happen in any endeavor, and in space, I’d imagine it’s quite common. -- I’m assuming the feds are so used to lying and cover-ups, that it’s basically a reflex at this point."

You answered your own question!

I'm sure they practice emergency response all the time. But their "reflexive lying" is my #1 position about them. FedGov serves only one master -- itself. They lie to their bosses (us) all the time.

13 posted on 06/17/2024 1:46:39 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: All

I know China landed something on the dark side of the moon but I had no idea ISIS was into space travel.


14 posted on 06/17/2024 1:47:44 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I was drowning in self pity until I bathed in the refreshing Lake of Respect.)
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To: Red Badger
"Open the pod bay doors HAL"


15 posted on 06/17/2024 1:49:46 PM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: Red Badger

Are we on VOX?


16 posted on 06/17/2024 1:50:56 PM PDT by stanne
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To: Red Badger

17 posted on 06/17/2024 1:55:33 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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To: Peter ODonnell

Use the tennis ball trick, I saw it on youtube, anyone got a tennis ball?


18 posted on 06/17/2024 1:56:32 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Red Badger

Training exercise, huh? Color me skeptical. Really tired of our government hiding everything from us. There would be no conspiracy theories if they would just be honest.We have a right to know everything except those things that would threaten national security or private information about individuals.


19 posted on 06/17/2024 1:59:22 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: econjack

“Does anyone in any gov’t agency still tell the truth to the public?”

The public can’t HANDLE the truth. Or, from a different movie, “Individuals are smart. People are panicky dumb animals, and you know it.”


20 posted on 06/17/2024 2:00:22 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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