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| 'I Wanted To Serve': How Deaf Men H |
| 'I Wanted To Serve': How Deaf Men Helped NASA Understand Motion Sickness In Space
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 9-May-2017
12:56:36 PM |
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In 1964, Gulak and the other test subjects for the research were sent out on a boat traveling through rough waters off the coast Nova Scotia.
The ship rolled and pitched in a storm, tilting back and forth. But those who'd volunteered for the research were immune to motion sickness.
"Honestly, it was a wonderful time," said Gulak who, along with the other research test subjects, is deaf.
It is, however, probably safe to assume that those who were conducting the research -- who were not immune to motion sickness -- did not share this view.
"We were enjoying ourselves," Gulak recalled. "We actually had meals during the storm. And when they saw us eating, it made them even more sick, and they were vomiting."
For years, Gulak and others took part in research conducted by the U.S. Naval School of Aviation Medicine, conducted during the early days of the American space program more than a half-century ago. By extension, these test subjects helped NASA, which sponsored the work, according to Bill Barry, NASA's chief historian. They spent days in rotating rooms. They went up on parabolic flights, floating in zero gravity. And they rocked on that boat out in the angry waters.
'I Wanted To Serve': How Deaf Men Helped NASA Understand Motion Sickness In Space
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