"Foster's got to calm down," you tell the bionauts. "That's what's using up all the free O2."

Foster responds:

Okay. Okay. I'll be calm. Tell you what - I'll meditate.

Which he appears to do. His metabolic rate drops to a very low level. But despite that, the carbon dioxide level continues to rise. Eventually the emergency hatch pops open and the simulation is over.

Investigators later prove that although anxiety can indeed raise oxygen consumption, it was not a significant factor in this case. Your decision was not correct.

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