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It's possible that some people won't be able to adjust to reasonable indoor lighting; it's pretty difficult to artificially replicate daylight. Or there may be
by TillE 14y ago
It's possible that some people won't be able to adjust to reasonable indoor lighting; it's pretty difficult to artificially replicate daylight. Or there may be energy constraints.
The article suggests that they'll just screen astronauts for irregular sleep cycles, which should only take a couple weeks of simulation at most.
- jholman 14y agoOr two to four months, as the article specifically states. That was actually one of the valuable research results; 500 days was not a better test than 120 days.
- InclinedPlane 14y agoOr they could just use windows and shades. The lack of windows was an unnecessary constraint in the study.
- kevin_rubyhouse 14y agoIt would break the experience. Wouldn't it also facilitate depression by constantly reminding them that they are on Earth and could leave at any time they wanted to?
- InclinedPlane 14y agoPerhaps I should have said that it was a constraint that is not necessary on an actual Mars mission.