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In the museum on Nantuckut there is a display devoted to the USS Essex, a whaling ship (it is the ship that the whale rams, I think). One incindent that made a
by jimhefferon 8y ago
In the museum on Nantuckut there is a display devoted to the USS Essex, a whaling ship (it is the ship that the whale rams, I think). One incindent that made an impression on me was a sailor, who was driven insane by boredom, and sabotaged the ship, just for something to happen.
I understand space to be unbelivably boring.
- antongribok 8y agoMy boss's classmate from college went up to the ISS for the first time a couple of years ago. They graduated about 25 years ago and his classmate worked nonstop for 25 years to get to go to space. My understanding is once there, you work 16 hour days non-stop. I think most people would describe being on the ISS as anything else but "boring".
- BurningFrog 8y agoMost people, sure. But it only takes one who's different.
- Zigurd 8y agoThere was a mutiny on a Skylab mission due to overworking the crew
- evan_ 8y agoOverworking the crew and the absolutely horrendous quality of life on Skylab
- colordrops 8y agoISS crew have more tasks than time, and typically undersleep.
- mrhappyunhappy 8y agoDo you know this for a fact? Where can I learn more about how they occupy their time?
- maxander 8y agoI recommend the ISS blog: https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/ https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/
- gcb0 8y agothat's a good recipe for insanity.
- buboard 8y agothe cosmonauts remain on soyuz for like 6 hours until they dock, mostly confined and executnig orders. whatever boredom probably comes later when they 're in the station
- bb611 8y agoUSS is only applied to US Navy ships in active service, so the ships name is just the Essex. An interesting parallel for sure.