To 8 months later...
Posted on 09/18/2017 10:10:23 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The crew of four men and two women were quarantined on a vast plain below the summit of the world’s largest active volcano in January. All of their communications with the outside world were subjected to a 20-minute delay — the time it takes for signals to get from Mars to Earth.
They are part of a study designed to better understand the psychological impacts that a long-term manned mission to space would have on astronauts. The data they gathered will help NASA better pick crews that have certain traits and a better chance of doing well during a two-to-three year Mars expedition.
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The Hawaii team wore specially-designed sensors to gauge their moods and proximity to other people in the small, 1,200 square-foot (111-square meter) dome where they have lived.
The devices monitored, among other things, their voice levels and could sense if people were avoiding one another. It could also detect if they were next to each other and arguing.
The crew played games designed to measure their compatibility and stress levels. And when they got overwhelmed by being in such close proximity to teach other, they could use virtual reality devices to escape to tropical beaches or other familiar landscapes.
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“My biggest fear was that we were going to be that crew that turned out like Biosphere 2, which wasn’t a very pretty picture,” said mission commander James Bevington in January.
Biosphere 2 was a 1990s experimental greenhouse-like habitat in Arizona that turned into a debacle.
The crew members grew hungry and squabbled so badly during the two years they spent cooped up that by the time they emerged, some of them were not speaking to each other. Unlike the Biosphere 2, HI-SEAS is an opaque structure, not a see-through one, and is not airtight.
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“Eight month all expenses paid vacation in Hawaii! Volunteer now!”
To 8 months later...
Humans are optimized for life on Earth. On any other planet, there will be a mismatch between what the body is used to, and the conditions of the planet.
Some people will be able to take it better than others. Not for me, thanks. I want a blue sky with occasional clouds, sun most of the time, stars at night, green trees, flowers, birds, animals, etc. In other words, Earth.
Colonizing any planet means forcing the children born as children of colonists to live their whole lives on a foreign planet, to which they are not adjusted. This is an abuse of human rights.
Bio-Dome was much better!........................
Don't count on it.
I’d thrive in that atmosphere. Warm, balmy, quiet, peaceful, clean air. What’s not to like?
One way ticket, right? :-)
Biosphere 2 and White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosphere_2
I don’t think they had access to other humans and had to eat canned and freeze dried foods. Maybe Nasa can recoup some funds by selling the research to preppers...
Brilliant!
How much did this cost our taxpayers? The outcome is obvious. The individual study of this is being carried out in hundreds of mama’s basements around the country.
Not a chance! Most modern psychologists don't even know the difference between and boy and a girl. More "study" only lines their pockets.
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