A typical astronaut has a degree in science or math, spends countless hours working as a pilot and is in good health, but for those who want to go to Mars, the right stuff doesn’t matter – they will need ‘loyalty.’
A study led by Western University found that space fairing heroes who want to survive on the Red Planet must be eager to do the right thing.
This personality trait surpassed others such as ‘honesty’, ‘humility’, ’emotionality’, ‘extras’, ‘openness’ and ‘consent’.
“Consciousness, a feature of individual personality, can be thought of as a bridged team-resource,” said Julia McMany, a PhD candidate in Western psychology.
‘The more sincere a team is, the better it will be at accomplishing tasks.’
The findings of the four-week AMDE-18 analog mission, which simulated different and extreme conditions to the Mars environment, explored different personality traits to gather insights into how crews react to isolation during real-world missions.
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A typical astronaut has a degree in science or math, spends countless hours working as a pilot and is in good health, but for those who want to go to Mars, the right thing will not matter – they will need ‘loyalty’
NASA is working tirelessly to send the first humans to Mars by 2030 and the people selected for the historic mission will spend time in tight quarters, with a small group, and all will have to work together to survive in the Martian atmosphere.
Because the team will feel lonely and crowded, experts warn that conflict is sure to arise, prompting Western University to investigate what features are needed to prevent a war from erupting.
After a four-week experiment, the researchers rated the five astronauts on their team, and on their own, based on a number of traits – gentleness and honesty, sentimentality, compassion, extravagance, theory and openness to experience.
Features like ‘social loafing’ in the survey or a team member’s habit when they work individually with less effort, are at the bottom for the desirable feature.
A study led by Western University found that space fairing heroes who want to survive on the Red Planet must be eager to do the right thing. This personality trait surpassed others such as ‘honesty’, ‘humility’, ’emotionality’, ‘extras’, ‘openness’ and ‘agreeing’.
The findings of the four-week Amade-18 analog mission, which simulated different and extreme conditions to the Mars environment, as well as explored different personality traits to gather insights into how crews react to isolation during real-world missions.
This negative behavior was found to be causing trouble in the team and ‘should be negotiable for a long space mission,’
“Anyone working on the team knows that conflicts between team members can damage the team’s performance and lead to negative experiences,” he said.
‘When people argue about how to get things done, or get into personal disagreements, there’s less time and energy left to get things done.’
‘Interestingly, there are different types of conflicts, and so long as arguments on how to complete reciprocal issues and tasks are avoided, differences in opinions and opinions can really potentially improve team performance as it benefits the team. Happens. Knowledge and perspective of each member. ‘
In addition to conflict, intense stress can also have a negative impact on teams on Earth and in space, McManin said.
‘Stress creates obstacles, contributes to workload, increases destructive feelings or feelings of discomfort and anxiety and makes it difficult for team members to coordinate their work,’ he added.
Given that this special analog mission lasted only a month, the researchers are interested to know how things can play out during a long-term mission.
Features like ‘social loafing’ in the survey or the habit of a team member when they work individually put less effort, it is at the bottom for the desirable feature.
“The main issues arising from mental anguish and interpersonal problems do not reflect months or years spent in isolation, limited and extreme environments, highlighting the need for long-term simulation,” McMahon said.
Recently, NASA astronaut Victor Glover undertook a long-term space mission to the International Space Station to discuss the importance of teamwork.
‘It’s paramount,’ Glover said, speaking with the National Air and Space Museum.
‘Perhaps this is the only thing that will bring you back more than any other science or technology or system that you have to work on in a spacecraft or on the surface of another planet.’
‘We spend a lot of time training to take care of each other and ourselves and our team to accomplish our goal.’
NASA plans to send humans to Mars in 2030s after first landing on the moon
Mars has become the next giant leap for mankind’s space exploration.
But before humans reach the red planet, astronauts will take small steps back to the moon for a year-long mission.
Details of lunar orbit missions have been published as part of a timeline of events leading to a mission to Mars in the 2030s.
NASA has outlined its four-phase plan (pictured), which it hopes will one day visit humans at the Human to Mars Summit in Washington, DC. This will put many missions on the moon in the coming decades
In May 2017, Greg Williams, deputy associate administrator for policy and planning at NASA, outlined the space agency’s four-phase plan that hopes that one day humans will visit Mars, as well as its expected deadline.
Phases one and two To allow for the construction of accommodation, several trips to the lunar space will be included, which will provide a staging area for the tour.
The last piece of hardware delivered will be a real deep space transport vehicle that will later be used to carry the crew to Mars.
And a year-to-year simulation of life on Mars will be done in 2027.
Phases three and four will begin after 2030 and will include continuous crew missions to Mars and the surface of Mars.
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