Slevin's lawsuit alleged he became malnourished, lost significant weight, developed bedsores, fungus and dentalproblems and was not aware of his situation or surroundings.
The reasons are apparently that scars could open up in space, dentalproblems could cause serious complications, and body odour must be avoided in a confined spacecraft.
Rep. Kucinich tells us the real reasons he bothered the caterer with his dentalproblems in more detail than anyone has revealed since Martin Amis had his teeth fixed .