The astronaut who prompted NASA’s first medical evacuation earlier this year said Friday that doctors still don’t know why he suddenly fell sick at the International Space Station.

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    Anxiety? I have “shutdowns” when over stressed where I can’t speak no matter how much I want to consciously. But that never happens out of the blue. It might happen if I was about to go on a spacewalk… For the first time. Not the 10th, tho.

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      Could also be a rogue aura from migraine or - worst case, I guess - it could be Transient Cerebral Ischaemia. Makes sense to evacuate him for evaluation father than risking a full blown stroke in space.

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      That is what it sounds like to me. Stress and just sensory overload and anxiety could cause my brain to just lock up some functions. Speech is pretty complex.