https://www.isegoria.net/2012/01/to-arrive-survive-and-thrive/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 01 May 2026 09:53:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2012/01/to-arrive-survive-and-thrive/comment-page-1/#comment-427251 Isegoria Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:48:16 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=28067#comment-427251 That was one of the oddities of the European Space Agency’s Mars500 mission. They seemed oblivious to the fact that submariners (and Arctic researchers) had already spent significant periods in cramped quarters with minimal outside contact. I don’t think space madness is the primary challenge of sending astronauts to Mars.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2012/01/to-arrive-survive-and-thrive/comment-page-1/#comment-426099 Tom Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:09:49 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=28067#comment-426099 Recruit a bunch of submariners for that. They’re used to spending long periods of time away from civilization and “get that thing working or we die”. Especially now that they’re about to put women on USN subs, you’d have it all. Drop ‘em off and fuggedaboutit for a couple of years until they have it ready for more peeps.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2012/01/to-arrive-survive-and-thrive/comment-page-1/#comment-425888 Joseph Fouche Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:35:39 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=28067#comment-425888 I have no time or dime for a jingle that doesn’t rhyme.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2012/01/to-arrive-survive-and-thrive/comment-page-1/#comment-425867 Wobbly Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:41:51 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=28067#comment-425867 That map makes me wonder if the designers played too much Traveller in their youth.

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