Will People on Long Space Missions Inevitably Kill Each Other?
I guess that'll depend on how many times someone uses the last of the toilet paper without putting on a new roll! Seriously, I'd give myself about 21 days before claustrophobia, hyperactivity, and pms combined in a perfect storm of stress-induced homicide...
From io9:
For 105 days, 4 Russians and 2 Europeans holed up in isolation in Moscow, to see if they could survive a mission to Mars without killing one another in frustration, while American scientists watched. Tomorrow, they'll be freed.
The experiment was designed to see if the crew could conduct experiments and deal with stressful situations they might experience, including emergencies and communication delays. No murderous computers were involved. The American scientists running the experiment forced their counterparts to endure sleep deprivation, monitored their interactions with Mission Control, and then looked at how stress and fatigue impacted the performance of their duties.
The scientists running the experiment consider it a great opportunity. Said project leader Charles A. Czeislder, who worked on the project, "We've done experiments in the sleep lab to test the efficacy of lighting interventions, but that is a highly controlled environment. By transitioning studies into an operational environment, like the 105-Day Mission, we have the opportunity to learn how to best deploy interventions in a realistic mission setting. This analog is a great intermediate step before implementation on an actual spaceflight". See the rest at io9.
From io9:
For 105 days, 4 Russians and 2 Europeans holed up in isolation in Moscow, to see if they could survive a mission to Mars without killing one another in frustration, while American scientists watched. Tomorrow, they'll be freed.
The experiment was designed to see if the crew could conduct experiments and deal with stressful situations they might experience, including emergencies and communication delays. No murderous computers were involved. The American scientists running the experiment forced their counterparts to endure sleep deprivation, monitored their interactions with Mission Control, and then looked at how stress and fatigue impacted the performance of their duties.
The scientists running the experiment consider it a great opportunity. Said project leader Charles A. Czeislder, who worked on the project, "We've done experiments in the sleep lab to test the efficacy of lighting interventions, but that is a highly controlled environment. By transitioning studies into an operational environment, like the 105-Day Mission, we have the opportunity to learn how to best deploy interventions in a realistic mission setting. This analog is a great intermediate step before implementation on an actual spaceflight". See the rest at io9.
posted by Anna Van Z at 12:03 AM
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"Will People on Long Space Missions Inevitably Kill Each Other?"
Undoubtedly. All they need to do is study the interactions among married couples -- particularly those in lower socioeconomic levels (to account for the close living quarters). They won't even have to use facial recognition software to pick-up "signs of stress or negative emotions". It'll be pretty apparent.
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