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Override9636 t1_iui2uz9 wrote

Reply to comment by Yes_hes_that_guy in China launches 3rd and final space station component by miso25

But you don't have to pay rent or order takeout, and you get to BE IN SPACE. I'd say that's a fair trade.

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Yes_hes_that_guy t1_iui8lk4 wrote

Sure but it’s just so tiny compared to the ISS and even that would take some serious mental fortitude to stay on for extended periods.

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EventAccomplished976 t1_iuieu02 wrote

ISS astronauts say they often enough don‘t see their colleagues all day, and the long term crew of tiangong is just 3 instead of 7, I think they‘ll be fine :) (well and of course people who actually have issues with this sort of thing won‘t get selected to be astronauts anyway).

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