"When I think about the skills that served me best, being able to do improv was a huge part of that “It teaches you to think on your feet and also teaches you a whole lot about teamwork."
Kim Binsted is a professor in the Information and Computer Sciences Department at the University of Hawaiʻi at Maanoa Binsted's work explores artificial intelligence, human-computer interfaces, and long-duration human space exploration
Kim Binsted is a professor in the Information and Computer Sciences Department at the University of Hawaiʻi at Maanoa Binsted's work explores artificial intelligence, human-computer interfaces, and long-duration human space exploration
View all quotes by Kim Binsted"Well, that they have today on the space station tastes great but what they are essentially is individually pre-prepared meals. Youll get sort of a TV dinner chunk to heat up, maybe add some water to and eat. The problem with that is that once you have you pre-prepared, say, individual serving of lasagna, it will stay lasagna for the rest of time. It will never be anything else."
"NASA is systematically checking off all the prerequisites for a long duration mission, and a series of HI-SEAS missions were launched in 2012 to investigate crew composition and cohesion,"
"Thats right. Its a specialized pantry. It has to be shelf-stable. That means it needs to be able to last the length of the mission without go bad. But yeah, essentially thats what were doing."
"The first time you step outside without a helmet, it’s like going from sixties black and white TV to high-definition"
"“If you really need to go out clubbing on the weekends, you’re going to be pretty miserable in an analog of a long duration."
"For example, in the real world when you send an email and get a response in a week, that’s generally fine,” . “But when you’re in an analog and someone doesn’t get back to you within 24 hours, it’s torture. You feel abandoned.”"