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500 days? Thats almost 2 years of your life given over to essentially a useless experiment. What are they going to learn? People don't like cramped condition
by goodgoblin 17y ago
500 days? Thats almost 2 years of your life given over to essentially a useless experiment. What are they going to learn? People don't like cramped conditions, but they can deal with it. Give them movies and books to read and don't be a d*ck when you have to share some cramped space with people.
Are they going to cancel the mission to mars if it turns out people would become extra-irritable?
- rbanffy 17y ago"Are they going to cancel the mission" Unlikely, but they may consider postponing until a bigger spaceship is available or trying other crew formulations.
- keltecp11 17y agoOr if they can put you into a 'sleep like' state...
- raquo 17y agoI don't think it's only about social and psychologic issues. Prolonged lack of gravity can cause real health problems. Certain aspects of it can be imitated on earth - for example by lying in bed at a certain angle so that more blood flows to your head..
- Luc 17y agoJust because you are not an expert and do not see the pitfalls does not mean that there aren't any.
- gaius 17y agoWell, quite. Best recruits for a Mars mission will be nuclear submariners. They're used to operating complex systems in cramped conditions in closed social groups.
- Retric 17y agoModern nuclear submarines are not cramped.