What do space shuttle disasters and the recent Hugo Awards controversy have in common? A lot more than you'd think...

https://robert-b-marks.medium.com/space-shuttle-explosions-and-hugo-awards-the-normalization-of-deviance-at-worldcon-087a10ea80df

#Reuters June 8, 2023 #Astronauts who traveled on the #ISS or #NASA #SpaceShuttles on missions lasting at least six months experienced significant #expansion of the cerebral ventricles - spaces in the middle of the brain containing cerebrospinal fluid. It took three years for the ventricles to fully recover after such journeys https://www.reuters.com/science/scientists-document-how-space-travel-messes-with-human-brain-2023-06-08/

#HumanSpaceflightHealth

Picture : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Human_ventricular_system_-_animation.gif

Infiltration of the #Baikonur #Cosmodrome and its abandoned parts with a #rocket and two #SpaceShuttles. Shot in 2018 https://www.jonk-photography.com/en/le-monde-perdu/baikonour

Two #Buran are rotting away in an abandoned hangar in another part of the sprawling Baikonur complex. Over the years, local scavengers have snuck into the hangar to harvest valuable metals and electronics. The site has also been targeted by international #adventurers seeking a glimpse at Soviet #SpaceHistory. Among them is #French photographer #Jonk https://www.wired.com/story/jonk-buran-photo-gallery

Picture : #SpaceShuttle Buran at the Technik #Museum #Speyer https://graphhopper.com/maps/?point=Technik+Museum+Speyer&point=Technik+Museum+Speyer&layer=Esri+Satellite https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Buran_spacecraft_(3245283588).jpg