JohnnyKaboom t1_jdmz808 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:35 PM

Reply to comment by MuggyFuzzball in TIL: Thanks to poor internal communication at NASA, information about a spacesuit water leak wasn't properly communicated. Later, Astronaut Luca Parmitano almost drowned on a July, 2013 ISS space walk, his helmet filling with several liters of water before they could get him back inside. by OvidPerl

He did. I interviewed captain Chris Cassidy back in 2018 he was doing the space walk with Luca. He said the water tasted awful and wasn't really safe to drink.

MuggyFuzzball t1_jdn2ml0 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 5:00 PM

That is incredible. Thank you interviewing him. There is nothing better than a direct source.

JohnnyKaboom t1_jdn4t2t wrote on March 25, 2023 at 5:15 PM

Of course, happy to help. We didn't talk about Luca too much, mostly how to conduct research in space but it was certainly an interesting interview. https://youtu.be/ZJCvWxPnw60