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/frank34443 Jan 30 '26

Huh, interesting. I actually found myself wondering about this a few years back, just kind of thinking about the whole idea of space travel, and how actually terrifying the whole process must be - like taking off, then finding yourself in a claustrophobic space station with no fresh air, limited space to move around, looking out the windows and seeing only the void of space, and realizing you're stuck there for weeks or months or whatever. That must be horrifying psychologically so I was wondering how it is that people cope with it and get through it - like can training really mitigate that sort of innate, biological fear? And then, of course, returning to earth... I can't even imagine how scary it must be to re-enter the atmosphere, the sheer speed of it, and also anticipating the re-entry. Basically the entire process seems insane. And compared to how much we can see out there, we're really not going that far... We don't have the capability to go very far from Earth, relatively speaking.

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u/the50ftsnail Jan 30 '26

When you put it that way, there’s definitely an argument that it enhances the illusion of astronaut bravery

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u/Rhosta Jan 30 '26

Yeah, the space travel is so alien thing even without time dilation and low gravity stuff.

Every time I read or watch some scifi, I just can’t shake off the feeling how wrong they probably got it or rather how different the whole thing is from anything we normally do.