living with perpetual daylight for days on end must be very offsetting for peoples sleep cycles
[QUOTE=sourcegamer101;52382492]living with perpetual daylight for days on end must be very offsetting for peoples sleep cycles[/QUOTE]
I wonder if that would make people from polar regions better astronaut candidates? The ISS has a "day" of 90 minutes. It's not a huge benefit, but being used to weird light cycles and being indoors a lot would probably help.
[QUOTE=sourcegamer101;52382492]living with perpetual daylight for days on end must be very offsetting for peoples sleep cycles[/QUOTE]
I haven't gone as far north as Barrow, but I have visited towns and villages in Northern Norway on several occasions, and the furthest north I've gone is the city of Tromsø which is at a latitude of 69 degrees, close to Barrow's 71 degrees.
Most people have blackout curtains in their bedrooms for the summers, so getting some sleep isn't a problem. It's quite the novelty to be able to go outside and get a tan at 2 AM, really.
It's usually the winters that are bad, with the constant darkness lasting months have been known make people depressed, though the aurora borealis displays sometimes makes up for it.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;52382524]I wonder if that would make people from polar regions better astronaut candidates? The ISS has a "day" of 90 minutes. It's not a huge benefit, but being used to weird light cycles and being indoors a lot would probably help.[/QUOTE]
There are so many other requirements, physiologically, for astronauts that it'd be a [I]slight[/I] bonus at best. And, astronauts have small "crew cabins" that they can sleep in, which can be darkened and isolated (and they're [I]highly[/I] encouraged to get a full 8 hours of sleep)
[QUOTE=paindoc;52382544]There are so many other requirements, physiologically, for astronauts that it'd be a [I]slight[/I] bonus at best. And, astronauts have small "crew cabins" that they can sleep in, which can be darkened and isolated (and they're [I]highly[/I] encouraged to get a full 8 hours of sleep)[/QUOTE]
True, it would be an incredibly tiny advantage, but "astronaut" is also an incredibly competitive field. Given the choice between the ace test pilot with a PhD in aerospace engineering from Ohio, and the ace test pilot with a PhD in aerospace engineering from Alaska, I'd think the latter might win out.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;52382558]True, it would be an incredibly tiny advantage, but "astronaut" is also an incredibly competitive field. Given the choice between the ace test pilot with a PhD in aerospace engineering from Ohio, and the ace test pilot with a PhD in aerospace engineering from Alaska, I'd think the latter might win out.[/QUOTE]
I guess, but better hope that living in bumfuck nowhere hasn't left the Alaskan a bit weak with socialization :v:
[sp]also to be even more of a pedantic ass, astronaut with PhD usually = mission specialist, astronaut with flight experience (min. 1k hrs) = mission commander. rare to have both[/sp]
[QUOTE=paindoc;52382623]also to be even more of a pedantic ass, astronaut with PhD usually = mission specialist, astronaut with flight experience (min. 1k hrs) = mission commander. rare to have both[/QUOTE]
It was a bit of hyperbole on my part. Although in my defense, [I]two[/I] of the current crop at NASA have both test pilot training and a masters degree, just one step below a doctorate, and then there's the combat-decorated Navy Seal with a doctorate in medicine. Turns out astronauts kind of tend to be overachievers.
Used to live in Northern Alaska. Can confirm the odd sunlignt schedule fucks with your life a lot. Gotta admit it was cool being able to run around at 2am with your friends in sunlight. Alaska was a great place to be a 10 year old. I saw it wreak havoc on older youth though, my siblings included.
If you're ever a special agent gone rogue needing a place to hide out, not a bad candidate.
I'm living in Yellowknife, Canada and right now it's constant daylight. Feels like 5pm at midnight. Honestly it's not that bad. The worst is during Winter with 4h of daylight.
[QUOTE=sourcegamer101;52382492]living with perpetual daylight for days on end must be very offsetting for peoples sleep cycles[/QUOTE]
I live in North Dakota where it nearly as extreme, but the sun is up at 5am and down at 10pm in the summer time, and a good set of black-out curtains is really all you need. Or some tin-foil.
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.
