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  • First human Mars mission may need onboard comedians

    From: https://www.theguardian.com/science/...oard-comedians

    Wanted: smart, fit and unflappable applicants for humanity’s first mission to Mars. Must have: crazy wig, oversized boots and a big red nose.

    It is enough to make Neil Armstrong spin in his grave, but researchers have found that the success of a future mission to the red planet may depend on the ship having a class clown.

    Rather than the cool personality that underpinned the Right Stuff in the Apollo era, future astronauts may need to prove they have something very different: the Silly Stuff. An onboard comedian is a proven way to unite teams in stressful situations, research shows.

    “These are people that have the ability to pull everyone together, bridge gaps when tensions appear and really boost morale,” said Jeffrey Johnson, an anthropologist at the University of Florida. “When you’re living with others in a confined space for a long period of time, such as on a mission to Mars, tensions are likely to fray. It’s vital you have somebody who can help everyone get along, so they can do their jobs and get there and back safely. It’s mission critical.”

    Johnson spent four years studying overwintering crews in Antarctica and identified the importance of clowns, leaders, buddies, storytellers, peacemakers and counsellors for bonding teams together and making them work smoothly. He found the same mixes worked in US, Russian, Polish, Chinese and Indian bases.
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  • #2
    Attention crew, please report to the theater for mandatory humor dispersal.
    Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
    "We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La Rochefoucauld

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    • #3
      "Why dont you put her in charge?"

      Bill Paxton - Aliens

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      • #4
        A sense of humor I can understand, but clowns, no.
        It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
        RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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        • #5
          This role is unnecessary. Lack of sense of humor should disqualify all applicants to the space program. We shouldn't send deficient humans into space.

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          • #6
            I wonder if NASA is ever going to commission a "space trash intern" or something to address the serious problem of thousands upon thousands of high speed projectiles putting future space operations at risk. Every launch puts future missions at risk.

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            • #7


              Yeah... clowns in space... RIGHT
              Keep on Civin'
              RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron O

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