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Will People On Long Space Missions Inevitably Kill Each Other?

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Roklimber
07/14/09

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"Will People On Long Space Missions Inevitably Kill Each Other?"

I hope so. What's the fun in being on a long space mission otherwise?
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Mark 2000
07/13/09

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Have these idiots at NASA ever heard of the age of sailing ships? Crews have already survived isolation in cramped quarters together successfully. This is such a waste of peoples time. Go to f@#king Mars already.
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cletar
07/13/09

@Mark 2000:

Weevil infested biscuits? Check!

Limes (say no to space-scurvy)? Check!

Cat-o'-nine-tails to enforce discipline? Check!

Allright! Let's light this candle!
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Dr Emilio Lizardo
07/13/09

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FOX has optioned this for a series so they have something to air next 4th of July, then cancel.
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32ndnote
07/13/09

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This is such a great idea! I don't know why we didn't think of using Russians and Europeans for our experiments, instead of lab rats, earlier!
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nutmeag
07/13/09

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How long to astronauts currently stay on the space station? I was thinking around 6 months, but if that were the case, this test wouldn't be necessary, would it?
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Bill-Lee
07/13/09

@nutmeag: It would take a lot longer than six months to reach Mars and the other planets. It is a problem that must be solved if astronauts are ever to be more than a publicity stunt as they were in during the Cold War or high tech repair men as they are used now.
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nutmeag
07/13/09

@Bill-Lee: That's what I'm saying: shouldn't the test be longer than 105 days to give more precise data? Why bother with just 105 days when they can just look at space station astronauts? To truly see if astronauts can manage to not kill each other on a Mars trip, you'd need to stick 'em in a room together for a couple of years.
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Evdor
07/13/09

@nutmeag: Because the people that stay on the space stations for extended periods of time are in extremely poor health by the time they get off. Seriously, there's an old quasi-joke between Robert Park (a physicist) and the guy in charge of Mir. Robert Park asks what the cosmonauts on Mir did all day, and the response was "Try to stay alive."

You also have to understand that hurtling through the abyss, dodging solar storms, with the mounting stress that you may/may not be off course, that any number of small complications could kill you, that freak accidents could kill you, or any number of terrors involved with a long flight to the moon creates different pressures than a few guys chilling in a room together. Imagine a guy who does a safety check always forgets to do one little thing. Now imagine that he does it on and off for 3 months. Now imagine discovering that, at one point, it almost killed you.

Suddenly airlocking him doesn't sound so bad after all.
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smirkette
07/13/09

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was this the same experiment that excluded female test subjects with the reasoning that they would inspire more tension and conflict?
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Bill-Lee
07/13/09

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Why'd you pick the picture from 2001? The astronauts in that movie were killed by the computer.
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omgwtflolbbqbye
07/13/09

@Bill-Lee: Uh-oh.

And with that face recognition program, the computers are going remember what they look like from now on.

I'd lock my doors at night if I were them.

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