Scientists have found that the success of Mars's future missions depends not only from the technique but also from people, their character. The study of New Jersey's Stevens Institute of Technology has shown that different psychological teams are better overcoming long-lasting isolation and heavy working conditions.
The authors of the study published on the PLOS ONE on October 8, the Hao Chen, set up 500-day Marsian mission virtual teams with different characters "astronauts". Deuteronomy, Extravert, Solid and low nervous.
The results showed that the teams with diverse characters are more stressful than uniform groups. Teams with conscientious and lesser nervous participants have maintained calm and efficiency, even under high pressure.
According to scientists, psychological harmony during about three years of Marsian mission can be as important as technical reliability.
