I’d be curious to learn about what you were experiencing, what the astronauts experience and the third man syndrome that Everest hikers experience. I don’t know if they are similar but I’d be curious to learn more about how our perception and attachment to our bodies changes while enduring these extreme conditions.

As a side note, it seems pretty naive to believe that humans would be able to handle going to Mars without serious psychosis. I have no idea, but it would not be surprising to find out it is an insurmountable obstacle to becoming an interplanetary species.

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cosmic_cheese 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I would be extremely surprised if it's insurmountable. It may turn out that this effect is triggered by environmental factors that are entirely controllable that we simply never had any reason to control.

There are so many unknowns when it comes to crewed space travel and habitation that it's difficult to say much of anything with certainty.

	▲	nine_k an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Crewed sea travel should offer many hints. Its history is many centuries long.

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Aboutplants 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I’ve always thought the same thing with regards to early explorers. Being on a ship, sailing into the complete unknown, for months. How would you not go insane?

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lanstin 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Wow, I would sign up instantly for such a voyage to Mars. I am probably too old but knowing why you are engaged in a heroic task makes one happy to tolerate all kinds of problems. Sure they might get a bit twitchy but gonna stay basically glued.

	▲	IncreasePosts 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Have you ever undertaken a similar heroic task to have this wisdom or are you just assuming?

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cyjackx 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Surely if we made it cushy enough people wouldn't go crazy