{"id":3495,"date":"2013-07-18T17:38:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T17:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3495"},"modified":"2013-07-18T17:38:09","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T17:38:09","slug":"for-long-space-voyages-bring-lots-of-games-books-and-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3495","title":{"rendered":"For long space voyages bring lots of games, books and videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As with the long sea voyages of the past, crews and passengers on long space trips to Mars and elsewhere will need ways to stay mentally active and engaged:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/07\/21\/magazine\/danger-this-mission-to-mars-could-bore-you-to-death.html?_r=0\" target=\"_d\">Danger! This Mission to Mars Could Bore You to Death! &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2013\/07\/17\/in-the-future-astronauts-migh.html\" target=\"_d\">In the future, astronauts might play MMORPGs to fend off boredom &#8211; Boing Boing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/how-will-humans-cope-with-boredom-on-their-first-missio-825119682\" target=\"_blank\">How will humans cope with boredom on their first missions to Mars? &#8211; io9<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As with the long sea voyages of the past, crews and passengers on long space trips to Mars and elsewhere will need ways to stay mentally active and engaged: Danger! This Mission to Mars Could Bore You to Death! &#8211; NYTimes.com In the future, astronauts might play MMORPGs to fend off boredom &#8211; Boing Boing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3495\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">For long space voyages bring lots of games, books and videos<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-space"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-Un","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2515,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2515","url_meta":{"origin":3495,"position":0},"title":"HI-SEAS project simulates long space voyage","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The NASA funded project\u00a0HI-SEAS (Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation) is investigating human factor challenges for a Mars mission. 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