Tubular dwells ping.
Psychologically speaking, these men always knew it was a simulation and always knew they were never in any danger.
Other than being able to survive in a tube (which submariners have proven for decades) not much else was accomplished here.
How much cosmic radiation were they exposed to?
Because that IS the determinant factor in inter-solar system travel. They'd be fried once they leave the loving embrace of earth's Van Allen belts.
and they learn the economy is still bad, there still is high unemployment and it’s all Bush’s fault.
while this is valuable research I think the pychology of knowing they were NOT off the planet affects the outcome.
The people who locked temselves in Biosphere II went kinda nuts
I was there last year- it is an amazing place to see, and one private individual is almost 100% responsible for the place.
In other news...
Two of the pseudo-astronauts have announced their engagement to each other, with a March wedding to be scheduled.
Both of the men confirm that neither one is pregnant, and the wedding is the result of true love found while in the isolation tube together.
A third member of the six-man team has agreed, after being asked by the bride-to-be, to be the Maid of Honor.
Another un-named member of the team did reveal that there were some uncomfortable moments in the chamber as the two lovers eventually carried their relationship to the ultimate physical end. Quoted as saying “We were a little embarassed with the lover’s very obvious physical attraction for each other, but the truly bad times were the “cat fights” the two would have over the smallest things. Days on end of petty and sarcastic comments towards each other...the pouty expressions, the moping around, even some tears...all over, for example, the wrong shade of lipstick.”
Must be nice to live in a modern country that can mount a manned space program.
And I supposed they recycled and ate human waste over that time.
After all, that was a realistic simulation, wasn't it?