Could you go 520 days with minimal contact?

02 Jun 2010 13:12 #1 by Wayne Harrison
Preparing for a future Mars mission, a group plans to spend 520 days in isolation, simulating a trip to Mars. It's funny what happened to the last people who tried this... (it's in the story):

[clipsynd:14ytwfbg] www.clipsyndicate.com/video/play/1493053?wpid=8958 [/clipsynd:14ytwfbg]

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02 Jun 2010 13:20 #2 by FredHayek
I am a pretty solitary person, at least my wife says so, but I would go mad living that way.
I wouldn't even telecommute if I had the opportunity. I don't think most people could survive like that.

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02 Jun 2010 13:24 #3 by The Viking
Not a chance. I am way too much of a people person. The Solitude would drive me crazy! I often thought of that man in Alaska who went and built a cabin and lived alone for 32 or so years. Not sure how he did it. I love that documentary though. Alone in the Wilderness.

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02 Jun 2010 15:21 #4 by JMC
I could do it in a heartbeat! Have it for 12 years.

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02 Jun 2010 15:25 #5 by CinnamonGirl
Replied by CinnamonGirl on topic Could you go 520 days with minimal contact?
I can't even go 6 hours. I hate being alone for long periods of time.

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02 Jun 2010 16:04 #6 by The Viking

JMC wrote: I could do it in a heartbeat! Have it for 12 years.


Do what? Live for 520 days alone on a ship on in the mountains?

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02 Jun 2010 16:06 #7 by pound dog mom
No way, the space they showed would be too small for me to even spend 10 minutes in... :VeryScared:

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02 Jun 2010 16:23 #8 by RivendaleFarms
I seem to get more "hermit-y" the older I get. (Either that or I just don't like that many people..... :Whistle ) Bhuddist retreats are different in that you're silent for the whole time but there are still people around, so you're not in solitary. Don't think I could go a year and a half with no contact, though. What do you get to take with you? Books? Knitting? Snacks?

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02 Jun 2010 16:36 #9 by Sunshine Girl
Not a chance for me! :sunshine:

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03 Jun 2010 13:27 #10 by TPP

RivendaleFarms wrote: I seem to get more "hermit-y" the older I get.


Agreed, I could do it no problem, if my wiffie was with me. :wink:
Of course, we'd have some really good fight (verbal), like "Why can't you just close the top to the siphon hose?"








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