Nov-12-2009
Even astronauts don’t get a good sleep sometimes!
Posted by Admin under Insomnia, Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, news
Astronauts at the International Space Station recently had to sleep in escape pods while a piece of potentially dangerous debris floated past. The space junk missed the station this time but it will become a more frequent occurrence as the volume of space junk floating around the Earth increases!
How do you think the astronauts slept that night? Were the escape pods comfortable? Were they up all night worried sick that there would only be half a space station left when they woke up?
Do you think sleeping problems go away in space? I am sure they don’t! Let me know what you think.
You can read the article I read this morning at http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/too-much-space-junk-makes-astronauts-sleep-in-escape-pods.php.