TOKYO - Japanese astronaut, Satoshi Furukawa post on twitter about the International Space Station (ISS) when he suffered from the syndrome of 'seasick'.
Satoshi Furukawa
What about Astronauts having Drunken Space?
"Symptoms of drunken space attack me. Especially when I moved his head suddenly, I am felt very dizzy. My head feels heavy. Help!" writes Dr. Furukawa, who is also a physician, in his Twitter account. Similarly, as quoted by AFP on Thursday (06/16/2011).
Furukawa arrived at the International Space Station last week along with U.S. astronaut Mike Fossum and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Volkov, after traveling by plane of Russian's Soyuz. All three astronauts will be in the ISS for six months to do some experiments.
"In terms of medicine, I do not have health problems. But approximately 2 / 3 of space flight will first experience symptoms of 'drunken sky'. This happens because the brain trying to adapt to antigravity," said Furukawa in his tweet, on the question of drunk spaceship .
"Your head will feel heavy. But it will not be a big problem because the symptoms are only temporary," he added
In an interview in May that posted on the site the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Furukawa said he was interested to see how adaptable the human body in space.
"I am very interested to see how it feels when the stomach is fully in outer space. I hope that later on in outer space, we can report how the difference between the condition of the body in space and on Earth," he said in the interview.
"For example, if my friend astronauts feel sick, then I can examine it and compare with the treatment technique on Earth," he concluded.
