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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by overcast on Thursday May 24, 2018 @09:33AM (#17143781)
Stock up on movies, and books? I mean that's pretty much the daily life of most people on this planet right now. Go to work, come home, engage in entertainment / sex. Beyond that, they can't really expect to be able to go outside and walk in the park. I think everyone is overestimating how much free time these guys will have. It's not the equivalent of sitting in a prison cell without mission responsibilities(experiments, chores, food).
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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by monkeynotes on Thursday May 24, 2018 @09:38AM (#17143816)
Exercise, books, chess, learn a language, I can think of plenty of stuff to do. People in prison sometimes enjoy the opportunity they have to focus on self improvement without the stress of having to make money for food/shelter.

Surely being on a craft in deep space is not that much different to being on a nuclear sub for months and months on end, smaller I guess.

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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by TeMPOraL on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:01AM (#17144027)
> People in prison sometimes enjoy the opportunity they have to focus on self improvement without the stress of having to make money for food/shelter.

If not for the criminal record being a huge factor in job applications later, I'd consider low-security prison to be a pretty good way of getting a sabbatical. It's almost like basic income.

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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by whatshisface on Thursday May 24, 2018 @02:41PM (#17146998)
That's why "prison is punishment" is supported by some people - if there should exist a social self-improvement program, shouldn't we be giving it to those whose behaviors we want to encourage?
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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by TeMPOraL on Friday May 25, 2018 @01:13AM (#17150789)
I think the issue here really is that regular life became so fucked up that prison seems like a better option. Isolation from participating in society should be punishment on its own, but it isn't, given how the participation looks for most people.

Reminds me of that time I remember from my childhood, when my dad had a friend in a hospital, and would go on ranting about how that friend has much worse food and entertainment than a typical prisoner...

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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by pc86 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:22AM (#17144212)
In my state at least it's only for 7 years and only felonies or financial crimes. So you could always commit some non-financial misdemeanor and refuse to do any pretrial diversion program if you wanted, I guess.
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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by overcast on Thursday May 24, 2018 @09:51AM (#17143937)
Considering submarines and prisons historically aren't coed, I'd say space travel fares a bit better for basic human needs.
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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by monkeynotes on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:37AM (#17144355)
Same sex relationships in prisons and subs aside, I actually think intimate relationships between a confined team that works and lives together is a bad idea. The team needs to depend on each other hugely and having the emotional demands of a intimate relationship could make things pretty difficult for those involved directly or indirectly.

Obviously relationships will develop regardless, you put people together they are going to do stuff. It's just a another challenge, in my mind, rather than an advantage.

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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by overcast on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:40AM (#17144379)
No different than sex in the workplace, clearly not a good idea, obviously it's going to happen. You hang out with someone long enough, they start being attractive.
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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by rdrey on Thursday May 24, 2018 @12:41PM (#17145770)
Gimlet Media has a fun podcast following a year-long mock space mission. It explores the topic of relationships in a confined space, too: https://www.gimletmedia.com/the-habitat
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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by yomly on Thursday May 24, 2018 @09:50AM (#17143921)
Do the subs not have internet access or comms to outside world?
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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by adrianN on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:00AM (#17144014)
Nuclear subs predate the Internet and I suppose you also want to limit your non-internet comm activity when sitting somewhere in the ocean waiting for a Russian first strike.
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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by roywiggins on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:04AM (#17144056)
Radio waves don't work great under the oceans.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication_with_submarine...

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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by beamatronic on Thursday May 24, 2018 @11:20AM (#17144851)
They do indeed perform a “sync” when they surface briefly.
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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by pronoiac on Thursday May 24, 2018 @11:27AM (#17144924)
Cuba has "Paquete Semanal," a weekly-updated offline selective mirror of the Internet, passed around via hard drives: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/23/cuba-offline-i...
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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by spapas82 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:01AM (#17144028)
If I was there I'd get a copy of all tutorials on https://github.com/danistefanovic/build-your-own-x along with my favourite batteries included programming language...

Actully, now that I think better of it I wouldn't need a batteries included language; having so much time I could implement the "batteries" myself!

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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by jobigoud on Thursday May 24, 2018 @09:41AM (#17143841)
VR headsets should be pretty decent by then, so a virtual walk in the park might be doable. Either on the treadmill or flying around trees in zero G.
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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by heartles on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:43AM (#17144417)
That makes me wonder, what kind of bandwidth could you get out there? Obviously latency will be bad, but if bandwidth is good enough they might still be able to download a data pack daily containing messages from loved ones, news, and the occasional movie
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Re:NASA is bringing cryosleep chambers out of fiction by Tepix on Thursday May 24, 2018 @12:48PM (#17145852)
Lasers are getting more common for high speed space comms, i think the range isn't quite there yet to manage the Earth-Mars distance.
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