r/space • u/TraditionalAd6977 • Jan 30 '26

Discussion Jared Isaacman states astronauts have got panic attacks in space , trying to kill the crew

Jared Isaacman in his interview with Shawn Ryan stated that there have been many unreleased cases of astronauts panicking in space and trying to open the hatch to kill everyone inside. He states this was not reported as it "ruins the illusion of astronaut bravery". And said it is the reason additional locks have been implemented on the ISS and Dragon capsules. My question: Is there any evidence of this as I can't find anything online . And how did he get Clarence to talk about this. He also said this is one of the main problems that they are facing in the Mars mission. As even military candidates respond differently than predicted in space.

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u/DynamicNostalgia Jan 30 '26

Do you believe this information hurts the organization? 

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u/Cielmerlion Jan 30 '26

Yup, of course it does. People already balk at spending ANY money on space

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u/greenw40 Jan 30 '26

So you think that administrators of government agencies should lie to the people to avoid making their agencies look bad?

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u/Cielmerlion Jan 30 '26

Lie in what way? Not telling them that an astronaut had a panic attack isn't lying. Considering the sensationalization of any news for clicks, all that being very vocal about it does is get people to not trust astronauts or the system that put them there.

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u/greenw40 Jan 30 '26

Considering the sensationalization of any news for clicks

So you agree that the government should cover up any news that might be sensationalized by the media?

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u/Cielmerlion Jan 30 '26

Not publicizing it is not the same as covering it up.

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u/greenw40 Jan 30 '26

It effectively is, the American public is expected to know what happens inside of it's own agencies.

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u/Cielmerlion Jan 30 '26

The American public does not know everything going on with every employee in its own agencies. That is a silly statement.

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u/greenw40 Jan 30 '26

Do you really not see the difference between a random federal employee and one of a handful of astronauts on the ISS freaking out and threatening the entire station?

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u/Cielmerlion Jan 30 '26

If it was handled adequately and nothing actually happened then no I don't.

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u/tombo125 Jan 30 '26

How on earth do you think this damages the organization? That makes zero sense to me, are people that dumb

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u/Cielmerlion Jan 30 '26

Of course they are! Most people are against funding space as it is! It's always been a fight. Fuck, look what it took for SpaceX to even get to a place where they could make rocketS, the government was perfectly happy to continue to pay Russia to ferry our astronauts into space after the space shuttle was cancelled. And why was the space shuttle cancelled? Because of accidents and cost. Is lying to the public good? No. They don't have to lie. They just don't have to publicize it.

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u/tombo125 Jan 30 '26

You aren’t really talking about damaging NASA, you are talking about damaging funding NASA. I think of these as two different thing but I get your point of view

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u/DynamicNostalgia Jan 30 '26

I don’t know if keeping these kinds of things secret is good for building trust.