Thread by @libbydoodle, For work today I got to compile articles of #Astronauts sharing tips [...]

For work today I got to compile articles of #Astronauts sharing tips for staying sane & healthy during #socialdistancing & isolation in these days of #COVID19. They're kind of experts when you think about it! So many GREAT pieces of advice! Here's a thread of some of my faves:

Probably my most fave is this @washingtonpost piece interviewing @Astro_Christina & @Cmdr_Hadfield. Great advice about staying connected & moving fwd like 'think of it like we're exploring a new planet' & 'set mini-missions for yourself' https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/25/astronauts-tips-coronavirus-isolation/

‘Become experts on the thing that is threatening you’: Advice from astronauts on isolation on Earth

Having lived in aluminum bubbles in outerspace, in a laboratory at the bottom of the ocean and in a research station at the South Pole, they might just be the most qualified people on Earth to offer...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/25/astronauts-tips-coronavirus-isolation/

Or how about this great piece from @StationCDRKelly, who lived on the #ISS for a year? "Stay on a schedule... but pace yourself" because 'work has a way of taking everything over if you don't' = SO TRUE FOR ME! https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/opinion/scott-kelly-coronavirus-isolation.html

Opinion | I Spent a Year in Space, and I Have Tips on Isolation to Share

Take it from someone who couldn’t: Go outside.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/opinion/scott-kelly-coronavirus-isolation.html

And this advice from @AstroPeggy about remembering the "bigger purpose" of why we're in quarantine like it's our mission objective: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-social-distancing-advice-astronaut-peggy-whitson/

Retired astronaut who spent 665 days in space gives advice on pandemic isolation: Remember "bigger...

By social distancing and quarantining, people are "saving lives," retired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson said.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-social-distancing-advice-astronaut-peggy-whitson/

And THIS great thread from @AstroAnnimal about how @NASA's 5 "Expeditionary Behaviors" apply not just to space, but to life in general *especially* in times like these (SRSLY read this!): https://twitter.com/AstroAnnimal/status/1241799141321256960

https://twitter.com/AstroAnnimal/status/1241799141321256960

Here's an @engadget piece on how @nasa keeps their astronauts safe and sane... definitely some takeaways for all of us "Astronauts together piloting Earth" right now! https://www.engadget.com/2019-07-19-nasa-astronaut-health-deep-space-missions.html

How NASA keeps its astronauts safe and sane in space

Astronauts endure one of the most dangerous, high stakes, high stress professions on (or off) the planet -- a job matched in isolation, confinement and extremity perhaps only by arctic field scient...

https://www.engadget.com/2019-07-19-nasa-astronaut-health-deep-space-missions.html

Okay one more: a nice @Forbes compilation of other @nasa_astronauts' advice on dealing with the social distancing and isolation: https://www.forbes.com/sites/valeriestimac/2020/03/20/former-astronauts-share-ways-to-cope-with-isolation--social-distancing/#278b605e1e18

Former Astronauts Share Ways To Cope With Social Distancing & Isolation

If anyone knows about how to deal with being far from family and friends, and living in close quarters, it’s astronauts.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/valeriestimac/2020/03/20/former-astronauts-share-ways-to-cope-with-isolation--social-distancing/#278b605e1e18

To wrap: over 12,000 people applied to be astronauts in @NASA's 2020 Astronaut Class application window - during the COVID-19 impact across the globe! I wish them all luck & hope they're all getting some valuable learning & prep in now :) https://www.nasa.gov/feature/application-procedures-for-astronaut-candidate-program

Application Procedures for Astronaut Candidate Program

Application Procedures For Astronaut Candidate Program

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/application-procedures-for-astronaut-candidate-program

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