#prosthetics — Public Fediverse posts

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦵👩‍🚀 British surgeon and #Paralympics sprinter John McFall, an #ESA #astronaut, explains why having two legs matters less in #microgravity.

On his upcoming #Haven1 mission, his above-knee amputation may reduce fluid shift and kidney stone risk, while engineers adapt #prosthetics for the #spacestation’s handrails.

👉 https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/is-having-two-legs-useful-in-space-astronaut-john-mcfall-explains-what-life-in-orbit-might-be-like-for-the-first-physically-disabled-person-in-space

#space #disability #science #uk #england #astronomy #physiology #medicine #health

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦵👩‍🚀 British surgeon and #Paralympics sprinter John McFall, an #ESA #astronaut, explains why having two legs matters less in #microgravity.

On his upcoming #Haven1 mission, his above-knee amputation may reduce fluid shift and kidney stone risk, while engineers adapt #prosthetics for the #spacestation’s handrails.

👉 https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/is-having-two-legs-useful-in-space-astronaut-john-mcfall-explains-what-life-in-orbit-might-be-like-for-the-first-physically-disabled-person-in-space

#space #disability #science #uk #england #astronomy #physiology #medicine #health

A shoebill enters a ripperdoc clinic...
No really that was just the idea, I wanted to draw two characters interacting in a somewhat wholesome way LMAO

#shoebill #opossum #possum #birb #avian #furry #anthro #scifi #cyberpunk #painting #illustration #art #artwork #rpg #ttrpg #prosthetics #implants #krita #gaertan