At first we studied how my disabilities and prosthesis might affect my ability to meet the requirements in-flight. At a later stage we went into detail, to the point of figuring out, for example, whether I should compulsorily use my prosthesis in space, since legs are hardly used there.
In summary, I can say that although I would need the prosthesis at some stages, disabilities like mine fully meet the needs of space travel. I am very happy to say that we have not identified any hiccups capable of precluding a person with disabilities like mine from a long-duration space mission. This has an incredible positive outcome.
Why is it important that people with disabilities can also operate in space? And what specific disabilities are we talking about?
I’ll start with the second question. Fly! looked at a specific group of disabilities, those in the lower limbs. From the results I think we…
