Candidates for astronauts of the set of 2021 are proceeding to one of the most difficult stages of general-copier preparation (OKP). Each of the test participants will have three days in Surdocamera, while 64 hours – without sleep. The first was the Candidate of Cosmonauts Alexander Kolyabin, who entered the Surdocamera this morning, and to get out of it should be on Friday, September 17, 2021.
Duty team of specialists of the cosmonaut training center (psychologist, doctor, engineer) will watch around the clock to observe how their wards transfer the conditions of isolation, almost continuously engaged in a variety of activities. According to the cyclogram, candidates for astronauts it is necessary to carry out numerous tasks within the framework of psychological testing, participate in medical examinations, physical education, to conduct oral reports and diary, demonstrate creative abilities (drawing and modeling on a given topic, origami, writing song, etc.) . Almost half of the total time will go to psychological tests, the main task is to study the neuropsychiatric sustainability of candidates for astronauts.
Of course, who undergoes a test in Surdocamera, there is a personal time. It is spent on hygienic procedures, eating and classes in the shower. At the same time, for example, watch movies or listen to music in the Surdocamera is forbidden, despite the presence of a computer. It will not be possible to use a smartphone or tablet, you cannot take electronic devices with you. But you can collect puzzles, solve crossword, play musical instruments, read. Although the latter is just not recommended.
The mode of continuous activity at the same time and tires, and helps to fight with a dream. But forced insomnia is not the only factor affecting the state of a person in Surrocamera. A participant in the study is deprived of communication and abides alone, it is in a closed space in the absence of sunlight and extraneous sounds. It imposes an activity regulated and maintenance.
In addition, it realizes that it is an object of constant video surveillance from the duty team, which studies the level of its tension and fatigue, identifies psychological features, determines the style of activity and originality of adaptation to the conditions of the study. The test in Surrocamera essentially solves the fate of the candidate for astronauts. If it does not work out, you will have to say goodbye to your mind. This study is carried out at once and only at the PAP stage.