Comments on: The rise and fall of ‘space madness’ http://mindhacks.com/2011/11/07/the-rise-and-fall-of-space-madness/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:47:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Space Madness and the Anthropology of Aliens? | ontheshelves http://mindhacks.com/2011/11/07/the-rise-and-fall-of-space-madness/#comment-23809 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:37:13 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=20331#comment-23809 [...] at the Mindhacks  blog, the authors have a great post on the Rise and Fall of Space Madness. The post discusses how during the 1950′s the popular belief regarding space travel was [...]

]]> By: zoe318 http://mindhacks.com/2011/11/07/the-rise-and-fall-of-space-madness/#comment-23807 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:16:25 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=20331#comment-23807 Wonderful.. Makes me think of the movie “Moon”.

]]> By: Victoria http://mindhacks.com/2011/11/07/the-rise-and-fall-of-space-madness/#comment-23272 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:03:52 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=20331#comment-23272 Interesting. I didn’t know there had been worries about “space madness” but did assume that they used test pilots because they could tolerate such extraordinary stress.

I know very well I would go mad if I were shot into orbit but then again, that’s why I never dreamed of being an astronaut as a child. (really, even just sitting in one of those capsules at the NASA museum gave me the creeps…not just space madness to worry about, but claustrophobia too!)

]]> By: The rise and fall of ‘space madness’ « Mind Hacks | Business, Technology and the Future http://mindhacks.com/2011/11/07/the-rise-and-fall-of-space-madness/#comment-23264 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:03:58 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=20331#comment-23264 [...] numbers of journalists and screenwriters, who expected that such journeys would produce some …Via mindhacks.com Share this:TwitterStumbleUponRedditFacebookDiggLike this:LikeBe the first to like this [...]

]]> By: Tom Michael http://mindhacks.com/2011/11/07/the-rise-and-fall-of-space-madness/#comment-23260 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:46:33 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=20331#comment-23260 Is not madness, but some astronauts have experienced profound spiritual experiences which some might say are on the fringe of our scientific worldview:
http://noetic.org/directory/person/edgar-mitchell/

]]> By: Bookmarks for November 7th, 2011 through November 8th, 2011 | PRCog's Gear Grindings http://mindhacks.com/2011/11/07/the-rise-and-fall-of-space-madness/#comment-23259 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:15:05 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=20331#comment-23259 [...] The rise and fall of ‘space madness’ – [...]

]]> By: Joshua http://mindhacks.com/2011/11/07/the-rise-and-fall-of-space-madness/#comment-23245 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:38:34 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=20331#comment-23245 Ahhhh, this was a delightful read to break up the monotony of my Houston to Orlando drive to kidnap my ex-husband. Well, now that I’ve got a fresh diaper I’d better get back to it!

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