The NASA, ESA, JAXA, SpaceX and any space agency that intends to colonize Marsthrough a manned mission, you have to consider all the details before embarking on the journey.
Going to another planet is something that has never been done and Mars is the main candidate for the journey. The conditions are complex, since future astronauts will face environments different from the development of life as we know it, which are only naturally possible on Earth.
So a study of the George Manson University, in collaboration with Cornell Universityfind the exact number of people needed to colonize Mars and remain stable for decades on the red planet.
The study emphasizes the exact number of people and the personality they should have, according to the portal meteored. Yes, everyone has to be a scientist in different areas. Engineering, astrophysics, medicine and plantation are vital to the mission.
However, the psychological issue goes above all else, since in order to face challenges and adversities in a positive way in such complex environments, one needs to be optimally in mind.
But not only to be psychologically well. The study says that even if you are in good mind, there are three personalities that would find it difficult in the face of adversity on Mars, and one in particular would have an easier time solving problems.
Based on the four personalities of psychology: pleasant, social, neurotic and reactivethe nice they are the kind of behavior that will maintain stability in a future colony on Mars.
These people are described as “individuals with the lowest degree of competitiveness, low aggressiveness and without fixation by strict routine”, reviewed the aforementioned site.
They applied this data to a simulation system in which they subject the inhabitants to different problems or accidents with supplies such as water, food or electricity. The environments were tested about five times with numbers of people between 10 and 170.
The simulation gave as a result that the perfect number to maintain stability is 22 people on Mars. It is the most optimal way to operate on the red planet for decades, without recording major problems among human beings there.
“The psychological success of teams and individuals in extreme environments can be largely attributed to coping capacity, which we define as the ability of people, organizations and systems, using available skills and resources, to manage adverse conditions. , risks or catastrophes”, reflected the research work.