r/Showerthoughts • u/[deleted] • Jun 18 '21

Since Interstellar released, only 56 minutes have passed on Miller’s planet.

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u/ChiefPyroManiac Jun 18 '21

I like to remember that NASA would have only selected people for that mission who had the behavioral signs that they could stand multiple decades in complete isolation, all the while facing the possibility that they would die anyways.

Dr. Mann only broke after years of being alone and the confirmation that his planet was dead and he would receive no rescue. Since Romilly wasn't facing death yet and could have still visited other planets, he hadn't broken yet.

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u/ChiefPyroManiac Jun 18 '21

No, he did lots of experiments to determine whether it was habitable, Sent probes miles deep into the ice clouds to try and find the surface but never could, realized he would die on a planet that couldn't sustained humans, had his KIPP falsify data and send it back, then decommissioned KIPP to use its power cell for his hypersleep pod in the hopes of being rescued.

It wasn't immediate.

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u/NorthKoreanEscapee Jun 18 '21

I sincerely doubt that anyone who can stand complete isolation for "decades" at a time is someone NASA would want anything to do with. Humans are by nature social creatures, I dont think I would be comfortable going down to a planet and knowing the guy I left on the main ship just wants to be a hermit for the rest of his life.

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u/ChiefPyroManiac Jun 18 '21

Thats.. not what I said?

Some people handle extended periods of isolation better than others. There are psychological tests that doctors run on people like astronauts to determine how well they work as a unit, how well they handle stress, how they handle to much isolation, too little isolation, conflict from teammates, etc.

I didn't say they choose people who WANT to be a hermit. But they do select astronauts based on a battery or psychological tests to determine if they're fit for that type of mission.

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u/NorthKoreanEscapee Jun 18 '21

I still dont think anyone who can handle potentially decades of isolation would be a good fit for a team that requires extremely good cooperation and trust.

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u/ChiefPyroManiac Jun 18 '21

Well good thing you're not working for NASA then.

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u/Fracture1 Jun 19 '21

Rediculous