The American space agency NASA is looking for astronauts with a sense of humor. They need a more cheerful note ensure during future missions to Mars. According to NASA, is a comical member of the crew is crucial to the atmosphere on board of a spaceship, that about eight months will go, to hold good.
Anthropologist Jeffrey Johnson of the university of Florida is currently in command of the U.s. space agency, how the crew of a future Marsmissie on the best way can be composed. Except techies, he explains in an interview with The Guardian , is at least one joker or merry, constructed type are needed. “It comes specifically to someone who is them laughing at his or her hand can get, the group as a kind of clown together, bridges to build and the moral can lift,’ says Johnson.
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The expert states that a comedian ‘truly indispensable’ during a flight in which multiple people for long periods of time must live together in a small space. “In such situations, there are internal tensions lurking. Understand then it is of the utmost importance that someone has the atmosphere improves. Any friction can, after the mediation of the positive assessment, to everyone his work to do so again.”
Entertainer
Johnson did the past few years, research into the composition of long-term missions such as that of the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, who in 1911 first to the south Pole reached. According to the scientist, managed to do so, because the polar explorers a best merry team member (Adolf Lindstrom). “That was under the terrible circumstances, such as severe snowstorms and freezing temperatures, as the entertainer for the necessary humour.’
The scientist stressed that only having a cheerful character, is not sufficient for a potential Mars astronaut. “So someone must of course also an excellent scientist and technician, and in a perfect condition and that the toughest workouts can be passed. NASA looks for all the qualities in one person.’
Delay
NASA has concrete plans for a manned mission to the moon in 2023. That serves as exercise for a journey to Mars from 2033 could take place. Russia and China would also Marsreizen are preparing. According to the latest messages are going to their missiles, no sooner than in 2040 in the air. The red planet is about 240 million miles from earth. The minimum travel time (one way) is at least eight months. Johnson, who will be involved in the selection of a ‘spacejoker’: “boredom can strike. Also annoying: communication with the earth has a delay of twenty minutes. That is difficult to communicate.’
