Hi Ian and Birding-Ausers,
Apparently people with the best terrestrial balance are more affected by
motion sickness, as shown by a rather interesting (and perhaps cruel)
experiment conducted by NASA some time ago.
They investigated which groups of athletes were more suceptible to motion
sickness when flying in the "Vomit Comet" - this is the KC135 airplane that
oscillates in and out of the upper atmosphere, thus simulating microgravity
for short periods. It is usually used for training astronauts and
conducting experiments that require microgravitational conditions, and for
this study, they sent up different goups of athletes and recorded their
responses to the shifts into zero gravity. The sickest of the lot turned
out to be elite gymnasts.
I guess I must have missed my calling for the Australian Gym Team because I
get SO sick on pelagics...
Cheers!
Beth Symonds
Brisbane
On 8/29/07, Ian May <> wrote:
>
> G'Day all
>
> I have enjoyed the recent discussion about pelagic birding. For those
> affected by sea sickness, succumbing to the dreaded "Technicolor yawn"
> is not much fun.
> When one spends a bit of time at sea, you soon learn that sea sickness
> affects nearly everybody differently. Interestingly, some people with
> the best terrestrial balance are often most prone to motion sickness.
> Have others observed this?
>
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