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How six months in space affects your perception of time. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were supposed to stay on the space station for about eight days. Part of the reason why waiting is difficult is that it distorts our perception of time.


Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were supposed to stay on the space station for eight days. Waiting is difficult because it distorts our perception of time.

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