Re: Astronaut wigging out in space?

We don't know about mixed genders - but the literature on single
gender (I.E. male) is abundant.

D.

Long-duration spaceflights with large crews (e.g., trips lasting several
years to the outer planets) are still a big unknown.  We don't know if a
large, mixed-gender crew will degenerate over several years like "Mutiny
on the Bounty" or "Lord of the Flies" or "The Caine Mutiny" or any of
the other scenarios we're already familiar with.

You're only thinking about an individual astronaut freaking out.  What
about a "love triangle," complete with jealous rages, forming *among*
three or more members of a mixed-gender spaceflight crew *during* a
long-duration mission?

I've changed my mind about building a lunar base.  I'm now thinking it
really is the only way to test out really long-duration spaceflight--put
a whole bunch of men and women on the moon for 5+ years and see how they
deal with it.  They may form a new society, just like how tribes
self-organize on the TV show "Survivor."  If things go really wrong,
rescue from Earth is only a few days away.

Serious question:

I'm sure they have some sort of a plan already put together should an
astronaut totally wig out in space?

Even with all the screening and training, I'm sure they have to think that
there is a (very remote) possibility such a thing could happen to anyone up
there by any number of unknown mental (or more likely, physical) reasons...

Perhaps the plan is just "everyone grab him/her, hold 'em down, and tie 'em
up", or do they have syringes that they could quickly inject someone with.
(tranquilizer) ?