But they missed a crucial and very big stressor if they want to compare it to a real space stay... that of being out of reach of ANY possible help.
Imagine one of them gets an aliment of somekind that gets life-threatening. Ethics would dictate that here, the person would be evacuated. On Mars? Not so much.
Just that knowledge alone could be a remarkably stabilizing influence on someone's Psyche.
I think a lot of contemporary ethics have to be questioned in this scenario. At what point, if any, do we sacrifice someone in order to prevent the potential spread of disease to the others? How do we feel about the death penalty? Euthanasia without explicit consent?
The things we expect here are no longer practical. Forensics experts for alleged crimes, not to mention judges, juries, and lawyers.
But they missed a crucial and very big stressor if they want to compare it to a real space stay... that of being out of reach of ANY possible help.
Imagine one of them gets an aliment of somekind that gets life-threatening. Ethics would dictate that here, the person would be evacuated. On Mars? Not so much.
Just that knowledge alone could be a remarkably stabilizing influence on someone's Psyche.