2023-08-25 00:53:00
A new scientific study performed a simulation on possible habitable colonies Mars and determined that the number of residents needed to maintain a settlement there is only 22 personaswho should have certain traits in your personality to be able to face the adversities in the Red planet.
The research was published in arXivan online archive for pre-publications of scientific articles, and consists of a series of simulations carried out by a computer server that raised different scenarios of human settlements on Mars for 28 years and determined which colony would have more chances of survival.
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The results of the study yielded surprising value to many of the scientists, after testing with a population of 10 to 170 settlers, they found that just 22 people could successfully operate a human colony. In turn, it was established how should the personality be of those who could inhabit the red planet.
Previous investigations had raised numbers of settlers who exceeded triple digits. In 2020, another study determined that 110 personas it was the number of colonists necessary to fulfill all the basic duties of survival without exceeding the working capacity of the members.
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The authors of the study, all scientists from the George Mason Universityentered into a computer a wide variety of information related to subsistence on Mars, which allowed better inform your computing model to get a more accurate result.
The data they provided ranged from economic research, agricultural data, production and storage capacities; to resources of the International Space Station (ISS, for its acronym in English) and characteristics of the personalities collected in different research positions.
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“Given technological and engineering limitations, we relied on research on high-performance teams in isolated, high-stress environments (eg submarines, arctic exploration, warfare) to include 4 basic personality types inside of the agent-based model (ABM)” say the researchers.
Using this information, the operating system simulated space agents, assigning them their own attributes and characteristics, to then simulate their work days in relation to the hostile environment of the red planet and their interactions with other colleagues.
“Our objective is better understand psychological interactions and behavior of future Martian colonists through the ABM approach,” the authors added in the recently published draft.
The personalities that could go to Mars
The agent-based simulation divided the simulated virtual humans into four basic personality types and determined which would be the most compatible with a colonization mission to Mars.
One of his models defined him as the type “pleasant”, an individual with “the lowest degree of competitiveness, low aggressiveness and not obsessed with a strict routine.” Other, like the type “social”defined as an extroverted individual who requires interaction with their peers.
On the contrary, it also raises a type of personality “reactive”, who has moderate competitiveness and a fixation on following his strict routines. Finally, the fourth type are the “neurotic”who had “a high degree of competitiveness, highly aggressive interpersonal characteristics, and a challenging ability to adapt to boredom or a change in routine.”
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For the George Mason scientists, the simulation shows that “success in extreme environments” can be broadly attributed to the “coping ability”that is, how people let go during difficulties, adapt to unexpected changes and improvise in the midst of adverse conditions or disasters.
Among the different types, the researchers considered “neurotics” as the least viable to survive on Marsdue to their low adaptability and the high mortality rate that the system gave them compared to the other personalities.
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“Martians with neurotic psychology and low coping ability benefit least from interaction with others. Our results suggest that this effect is a driver of Martian population declineand once minimized or eliminated, they can produce a stable settlement”, the researchers mention.
However, human interactions are less simple than these agent models consider, simplifying their features to try to find common factors. That is why scientists from the NASA they are also running simulations in real life, locking up four people in a fake Mars habitat that resembles their conditions.
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