Boeing Starliner astronauts need to be adaptable to cope with being stuck together on ISS: experts

Two Western University experts in London, Ont., say a longer stay on the International Space Station (ISS) will present some challenges for the astronauts, including how to cope with living in a confined space with a co-worker for a long period of time.

With estimates that the astronauts may now be spending seven months together — up from the original plan of eight days — what advice do experts have on how Butch Wilmore and Suni William can deal with the stress from their situation?

Earth and Space Exploration professor Sarah Gallagher and PhD psychology candidate Julia McMenamin share their insights.

Global's Amandalina Letterio has the details.

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[adolphesax]

The security sucks. They sent them away with a helium leak? Have they learnt nothing from the Challenger accident?

[groovyengineer]

Getting past the first fart in front of each other is a big milestone.

[MK]

at least they don't have to resort to cannibalism.

[iwwfcph]

Lol we knew of the leak before they left, lol oh my! 😅

[kwang]

They may develop severe mental health issues soon

[DEVTHADUDE]

Houston….we are showing high levels of semen floating around 😂 brotha had to kill time somehow in the few minutes alone

[Adam-nhzy]

Absolute clown show, stuck in a studio with daily catering is more like it.

[rogueraven]

Thanks to all our incredible advances in technology it appears it is more difficult to reach the moon than in the nineteen sixties. Good job 👍. 😂😂😂

[Cirav]

I would be suing the crap outta Boeing and NASA if I was them.

[derekflegg]

What do you get when you cross Gilligan's Island with Lost in Space?

A joke about Boeing Starliner's first crewed mission.

[OdinReactor]

Boeing Starliner is an expensive joke. Return them on a SpaceX Dragon. Using the emergency Soyuz would be too embarrassing.

[Noah-Vineyard]

Ya your food delivery driver can give your imaginary ISS astro NOTS a ride home 😂😂😂😂😂

[michaelbanach]

Too many MBA's at Boeing and too few Engineers at the management levels.

[unnim]

Not getting a decent shower in such a long period of time is unthinkable.

[anthonyp]

Hopefully they can sue Boewing when they get back so Boewing can't make spacecrafts

[Nocallmesol]

They won’t be able to walk when they get back smh

[leoarc]

1:27 She saw The Martian and now thinks that the days in the ISS are somehow shorter. Or maybe she thinks that, due to relativity, time dilation is now affecting the astronauts.

No. Their "days" are just as long as hours. Their perception of time is identical to ours.

[morganbailey]

Nasa can't get the astronauts back from the space station, and people still think we landed on the moon..smh

[justaghoulintheworld]

I think Sunny needs to get a haircut she is taking up too much real estate.

[wgcdsjyg]

New movie idea: Bride of Frankenstein in Space