The experiment, the first of its kind to feature an all-female crew, is created to “test the psychology and physiology of the female organism”, the space institute organising it said. “I’d like to wish you a lack of conflicts, even though they say that in one kitchen, two housewives find it hard to live together”.
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And throughout the length of the women’s space simulation, a team of psychologists and doctors will monitor their interactions, aided by round-the-clock cameras. The test experiment is to simulate a flight to moon and back where the women will be asked to carry out 10 experiments with regards to human psychology and biology. A Russian research institute is planning to study how six women interact during an eight-day mock space expedition – and they’re saying a few pretty questionable things about the experiment along the way. Russian Federation is the first country to send a woman into space in 1963, Valentina Tereshkova.
Getty ImagesRussian Space Station crew member Elena Serova side-eyes something unrelated earlier this year.
At the cost of sounding misogynistic, just think about an all-female space crew.
Russian Federation and the European Space Agency are arranging a joint examination mission to the moon utilizing an unmanned rocket as a part of 2020, to perform various tests to decide how suitable the moon may be for human home.
‘Beautiful without makeup’Despite the mission being presented as a giant step for gender equality, the women – who wore red jumpsuits – found themselves fielding questions at a press conference about how they would cope without men or makeup for eight days.
“We are very beauitful without makeup”, one participant, Darya Komissarova, reportedly answered. He added, ‘We consider the future of space belongs equally to men and women and unfortunately we need to catch up a bit after a period when unfortunately, there haven’t been too many women in space.’, reports Daily Mail.
After its 2021 maiden flight, the Moon vehicle will dock with the global Space Station in 2023.
They plan to spend their 90 minutes of free time each day reading, watching films and playing board games, Phys.org reported.
The team leader, Yelena Luchnitskaya, also said she expected the women to be fully equipped to deal with any conflict.
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“So far I can’t imagine what would rattle us”, she said.
