[Alexey_Nigin]

In my opinion, getting used to living in small space is the simplest thing about surviving on Mars. It is much more difficult to maintain a steady supply of oxygen, water, food, and energy. Also, there is always a possibility that something important will suddenly break down and the colonists will need to repair it using only what they have at hand. I would be much more impressed if they tried to test how humans and current technology cope with these hard tasks.

[ourmandave]

The dome was about living in the small space with a shitty roommate for a year.

[rm_-rf_slash]

True. If there is anything that can be considered an unambiguous benefit to this otherwise hollow era of ubiquitous entertainment, it is that living in a small space has become much easier to cope with.

Just go to 4chan and check out a lair thread. People will go to utterly squalid lengths to stay glued to their skinner boxes.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning_chamber

[coldtea]

Lair? Skinner boxes? I'm losing my grasp on today's youngsters...

[ceejayoz]

Skinner boxes are from the 1930s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning_chamber