Comments on: Would A Mission to Mars Drive Astronauts Insane? Six Earth-Bound Volunteers Aim to Find Out.

By: The Mikeness

The Mikeness — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:21:30 +0000

@Jordan: Who accompanies the psychiatrist? Actually, astronauts are typically so highly educated that chances are, one of them already HAS a degree in psychology. Or, they could just include a buttload of ebooks in the shuttle, and they can read about psychology along the way.

Give me a wage, a computer, (and maybe a spare :P) and enough time to download a years worth of stuff to do/read, and I’ll do your little test for 520 days…

By: Cattfish

Cattfish — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:25:21 +0000

I saw a twilight zone episode where a guy was doing just this experiment and went crazy

By: antique folklore

antique folklore — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:05:37 +0000

It’s abit disquieting to see the churchy posts above. With the earth bound body count so high due to religious power and strife, I am glad we are still galactically grounded.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:14:48 +0000

They should send married husband/wife astronaut couples. That way everyone has reliable companionship. A psychiatrist should also accompany them.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:08:04 +0000

Mars is dusty and boring anyway, with little chance of life. I think it’s a waste of time. Do you really care of they scoop up some fossil microorganism that might have evolved millions of years ago? How will that help us in our quest for understanding the universe? I have no doubts that life has or is evolving somewhere else.

We have so much undiscovered and endangered life here….some of the most alien things we could ever imagine and the Earth is getting run down and polluted.

We should spend these billions of NASA and Space Agency $’s to help things out here first, then go play in space when we understand and better control (environmentally) over our home world.

By: E-procurement software

E-procurement software — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:51:04 +0000

They should think about it many, many times before they do it. It’s not easy being isolated from the world for a long time.. May God bless them.

By: joel

joel — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:16:30 +0000

catholic monks. The stricter sects wouldn’t find sitting in a small room with 4 or 5 others for 5 months to be difficult at all. Some sects do that anyway. Plus being removed from society, alone in space, on a potentially deadly mission doing hard work in isolation: that’s basically what Benedict did when he started his rules. Problem solved.

By: Sab Harharah

Sab Harharah — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:42:18 +0000

If the volunteers are fully aware that theyre doing this for a study unlike the astronauts who know whats waiting for them, the results will never come close to the real thing.. of cos we’ll learn a little .. Im still thinking abt it ..

By: Lab Lemming

Lab Lemming — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:37:36 +0000

Why don’t they just join the Navy and serve on a submarine?