Do Astronauts experience jet lag? If so, how do they deal with it? (travelling to the moon or going into earth’s orbit)
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yes and no. The idea of jet lag is based on the fact that you’ve changed time zones. So, for example if you fly from California, where it’s 6pm but you’ve recently landed in Florida, where it’s 9pm, you wouldn’t be sleepy. That’s because as far as you, and your body are concerned its’ really only 6pm. so, you get sleep about 9pm PST, which is midnight EST, then you’re forced to wake up for a meeting at 6am EST wich is 3am PST, which of course is a form of torture. This feeling goes on until you’ve reset your internal clock to go to bed at a reasonable time, for where you are.
I spent 4.5 years on a submarine. No matter what time it was, wherever we were, when we closed the hatch, we immediately switched to Greenwich Mean Time or (Zulu time). Suddenly it was midnight, or it was 3am or whatever. Who cares. You work until you’re tired, then you sleep, if you’re not working. Then you get up when you have to work and you work. Then, when you’re not working, if you’re sleepy, you sleep. Time, as in day/nigh, was basically meaningless, either you had a shift to work or you didn’t.
The space station has a similar routine as there is no night time or day time.
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