"Psychological problems of the astronaut"

 

introduction

Since the beginning of the life, the human always looks up to the stars and the space and think about reaching to them one day. Since the beginning of the modern civilization, all the men kind began to think seriously about the moon, the stars, and the whole space, and how to reach them and benefit from them. After we became able enough to do that, we began to send a short and long-duration expeditionary missions, to achieve our goals to find another civilizations on other planets, or even to find a planet that fits to us to live on. It is not easy to reach a dream, but we must be aware enough of the problems and challenges that may face up there. J

From the problems that face the astronauts up in the space is the psychological problems, so, in the preparation for an expedition (even short or long), we must prepare our crew mentally to face them.

 Stress:

Being with a small group of people in an enclosed space for a long period of time can result in depression and interpersonal conflicts in a well-adjusted group. These problems, however minor, can lead to a disaster in an experimental spacecraft or any other environment. So, as the scientists and physicists are trying to find ways to protect the astronaut from the cosmic radiations, many psychologists are funded by NASA and other organizations to predict and deal with behavioral problems that may arise.

We can think of the astronauts abroad Apollo 13, these men faced one of the most stressful situations experienced by any human being before, as they were hundreds of thousands of kilometers from our planet, surrounding by the space, in a damaged ship and losing oxygen, so if they are not mentally prepared for such situations, they might have panicked. So, no doubt in that, their psychological characteristics were one of the reasons for their success.

Isolation

The astronauts in the International Space Station are 408 kilometers above the Earth, surrounding only by space.

The missions have very specific durations, so, once you reached, there is no option to return until the mission is over. This means that, once they get on board the ship, they are aware that for several days, weeks, even in some cases, months, they will not have any chance of seeing their loved ones or moving beyond the narrow corridors of a metallic structure that will float without pause over the planet.

So, the people with you on the ship are going to be the only human being you are going to see for a long period of time. Thus, one of the characteristics of most astronauts is the friendliness and ease of relating to their peers