NASA Accidentally Broadcasts Simulation of Distressed Astronauts On ISS (reuters.com) 23
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: NASA accidentally broadcast a simulation of astronauts being treated for decompression sickness on the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, prompting speculation of an emergency in posts on social media. About 5:28 p.m. U.S. Central Time (2228 GMT), The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) live YouTube channel broadcast audio that indicated a crew member was experiencing the effects of decompression sickness (DCS), NASA said on its official ISS X account.
A female voice asks crew members to "get commander back in his suit", check his pulse and provide him with oxygen, later saying his prognosis was "tenuous", according to copies of the audio posted on social media. NASA did not verify the recordings or republish the audio. Several space enthusiasts posted a link to the audio on X with warnings that there was a serious emergency on the ISS. "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 ISS account post said. "There is no emergency situation going on aboard the International Space Station," it added.
Crew members on the ISS were in their sleep period at the time of the audio broadcast as they prepared for a spacewalk at 8 a.m. EDT on Thursday, the ISS post said. NASA's ISS YouTube channel -- at the time the audio was accidentally broadcast -- now shows an error message saying the feed has been interrupted.
A female voice asks crew members to "get commander back in his suit", check his pulse and provide him with oxygen, later saying his prognosis was "tenuous", according to copies of the audio posted on social media. NASA did not verify the recordings or republish the audio. Several space enthusiasts posted a link to the audio on X with warnings that there was a serious emergency on the ISS. "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 ISS account post said. "There is no emergency situation going on aboard the International Space Station," it added.
Crew members on the ISS were in their sleep period at the time of the audio broadcast as they prepared for a spacewalk at 8 a.m. EDT on Thursday, the ISS post said. NASA's ISS YouTube channel -- at the time the audio was accidentally broadcast -- now shows an error message saying the feed has been interrupted.
Accidental feed from a Boeing 737? (Score:1)
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A Boeing craft is currently docked to the station right now and they aren't even sure if it is going to be able to come back to Earth safely yet.
So that might not have been a simulation at all, they might be covering up for problems when inspecting and running tests on the Boeing craft or even better, alien interference!
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The video footage 'from ISS' is questionable. This is more BS. Let the conspiracy theories flourish.
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Well great now you've kicked off the new "space is in fact gay" theory.
"You know me Marge, I like my beer cold, my TV loud and my celestial objects flaming"
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Once again (Score:3)
"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,"
How? How do you "inadvertently" misroute a simulation training session into the live feed? Who was touching something they shouldn't have? Shouldn't these simulations being completely separate from the real thing so you can run and re-run as often as possible without interfering with ops?
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You would think NASA has dedicated software for these things but itâ(TM)s very likely itâ(TM)s a physical mixing board with a bunch of RCA connectors plugged into a usb sound card.
Donâ(TM)t assume malice for what can be explained by stupidity
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"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,"
How? How do you "inadvertently" misroute a simulation training session into the live feed? Who was touching something they shouldn't have? Shouldn't these simulations being completely separate from the real thing so you can run and re-run as often as possible without interfering with ops?
You would probably find faster answers if you asked NASA what their SOP is for covering up a real emergency and pretend there’s nothing to see here.
I mean seriously that story sounds exactly like the shit you say to not make anyone worried about a real/classified emergency on the ISS.
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You don't simulate the people. Probably the real people were in mission control receiving the audio feed to train for how to respond. The ISS crew was asleep so this is a good time.
The simple answer is that they probably forgot that all this is being broadcast live on Youtube and didn't think to account for that.
Though I agree this would be the perfect coverup to buy time, it's just the least likely thing that was happening.
well, maybe (Score:1)
I, For One, Welcome Our New Insect Overlords (Score:2)
I, For One, Welcome Our New Insect Overlords
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I'd like to remind them as a trusted internet shitposter that I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves
Cry for help (Score:2)
This was a cry for help from NASA, alright - just not the kind you might have initially thought.
I THOUGHT those nose pores looked fakey. (Score:2)
They certainly confused the crap out of me (Score:2)