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Lotharofthepotatoppl t1_jdmlyl7 wrote

Reply to comment by Godtiermasturbator 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

I think they call it aspiration pneumonia

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Ahelex t1_jdmmeir wrote

I don't think anybody aspires to die from infection due to choking on their own saliva.

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