This is the reason I continue to go to
Drudge. First, to see what propaganda the enemy is putting out and
secondly, occasionally you get little gems like this:
Deepspace astronauts may be prone to erectile dysfunction, study findsJust going to cover some highlights
from the article.
“As if homesickness, wasting muscles,
thinner bones, an elevated cancer risk, the inescapable company of
overachievers and the prospect of death in the endless vacuum of
space were not enough to contend with, male astronauts may return
from deep space prone to erectile dysfunction, scientists
say.”
Those crazy
scientists! They are always saying stuff. Since we literally have
never had a single person go into deep space, I wondered how they
could make this claim.
“In what is claimed to be
the first study to assess the impact of galactic radiation and
weightlessness on male sexual health, Nasa-funded researchers found
that galactic cosmic rays, and to a lesser extent microgravity, can
impair the function of erectile tissues, with effects lasting
potentially for decades.”
Galactic
Cosmic Rays! I asked my husband where he thought the researchers
might have gotten galactic cosmic rays in order to come to this
conclusion. He said, “Well, I'm assuming you can just go outside
and collect it, right? Like in a jar, maybe?” Sounds legit to me.
This being funded by NASA says a lot for credibility.
(Just so we know
exactly what galactic cosmic rays are – I found this
article:
Where Do Cosmic Rays Come From?
This was written by
David J Eicher who has given lectures at the Vatican and written
several books on Astronomy. David's father is John H Eicher who was
involved in the Manhattan Project.
“cosmic
rays are mostly charged particles...occur when cosmic rays collide
with particles high in the atmosphere, producing a cascade of
electrons, positrons, photons, muons,”
to which my husband responded with, “Moooooo”. “Physicists
have nicknamed them “Oh-my-God particles.”
Oh my God indeed.)
Back to the original article:
“Without a ready supply of humans
to hand, the researchers turned to rats to explore the impact of
spaceflight on male physiology. In a series of experiments, dozens of
rats were suspended in harnesses at a 30-degree angle and exposed to
simulated galactic cosmic rays at Nasa’s Space Radiation Laboratory
in New York.”
A 30
degree angle looks like this:
So I
asked my husband how they might have harnessed the rats. Did they put
little individual harnesses on them or did they somehow harness them
together as a group? He just laughed.
“Analysis
of the rat tissues one year later revealed that even low exposure to
galactic cosmic rays increased oxidative stress in the animals. This
impaired the function of the artery that supplies blood to the penis
and to the erectile tissue. Weightless had an impact too, but not as
marked.
“Collectively, these results suggest that neurovascular
function of the erectile tissues may be impaired throughout the
remainder of the astronauts’ sexual health span following return to
Earth from prolonged deep space exploration,” the authors
write.”
One year later
seems like a long time after exposure to make that conclusion.
Collectively, sounds like BS to me.
Anyway, hope you all had
a nice holiday weekend. Take care out there.
