[T.B. Yoits]

How does anyone cope with that kind of confinement and remain in a mental state that would be considered functional?

By focusing on the lawsuits and book deals.

[NCC-1701]

Valery Polyakov spent 437 strait days aboard Mir. Mir was not near as nice as the ISS. It was small and cramped. How he did that is simply amazing. Someday someone will break his record......but no time soon.