The Orioles' had not hit into a triple play since April 3, 1996, against Kanas City.
Kanas has even coined a term for the situation: the "Earth out of view" phenomenon.
CNN: Mars on the brain? Red Planet pioneers to face cosmic mind trip
"If someone gets suicidal, you have to take care of it on board, " Kanas said.
CNN: Mars on the brain? Red Planet pioneers to face cosmic mind trip
"You can't just take a walk and get away from somebody, " Kanas said.
CNN: Mars on the brain? Red Planet pioneers to face cosmic mind trip
On the plus side, John Kanas, North Fork's chairman and chief executive, brings with him experience of 14 acquisitions over the past two decades.
"When you go to Mars, all bets are off, " said Dr. Nick Kanas, a professor at the University of California, San Francisco, who has studied astronaut psychology.
CNN: Mars on the brain? Red Planet pioneers to face cosmic mind trip
Yet the big unknown, according to Kanas, does not involve who astronauts will not be able to talk to or what gifts they will not be able to get, but instead what they will not be able to clearly see: planet Earth.
CNN: Mars on the brain? Red Planet pioneers to face cosmic mind trip
With two other fellow students, she attended, during three consecutive years, the Andean ritual battles of Chiaraje (Kanas) and Tocto (Chumbivilcas), stony battles which end by the death of a participant and that are celebrated to reinforce the fecundity of the Earth.
Nor will astronauts really be able to talk to anyone, either -- at least not on Earth -- mainly because of a 44-minute communication delay between the Blue and Red planets, "which means you can't have a nice chat with your kids, " said Kanas.
CNN: Mars on the brain? Red Planet pioneers to face cosmic mind trip
One particularly important task, Kanas explained, will be picking a team of astronauts who can both work and get along with each other on a trip lasting at least two years, spent mostly within the confines of a not-so-big spacecraft sailing through the dark.
CNN: Mars on the brain? Red Planet pioneers to face cosmic mind trip
应用推荐