Article about Disabled People being Suited for Space

[sasha_feather]

Rose Eveleth at Wired:
"It's Time to Rethink Who's Best Suited for Space Travel"

https://www.wired.com/story/its-time-to-rethink-whos-best-suited-for-space-travel/?mbid=social_twitter_onsiteshare

We need the strongest, smartest, most adaptable among us to go. But strength comes in many forms, as do smarts. And if you want to find people who are the very best at adapting to worlds not suited for them, you’ll have the best luck looking at people with disabilities, who navigate such a world every single day. Which has led disability advocates to raise the question: What actually is the right stuff?

Comments

[starshipfox]

Interesting article -- I didn't know anything about the d/Deaf astronauts, and it's really nice to get that bit of Disability history. Overall, some really interesting ideas expressed there: I'd thought about how moving around in zero gravity might be easier for people with limited mobility, but I hadn't thought about how an ileostomy bag might be a big advantage!

[sasha_feather]

Yeah it's really brilliant! Good food for thought.