Well, if you want the hard science, humans don't do well on a 36-hour day. For example, on subs, they run a similar thing (for shift work so the commanding officer sees every single rotating sailor), and submariners suffer lots of sleep deprivation and circadian screw up, thanks to the system. Humans simply are not capable of entraining to a cycle that isn't 24 hours, the molecular clock just doesn't work that way.
So in theory, you'll want humans under complete artificial lighting and give them 24-hour cycles. At least if you want them to stay sane for long periods of time. (Submariners get normal sleep every few weeks because if they didn't rotate them off the sub - as they've learned the hard way - sailors will go batshit.)
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Date: 2010-12-13 12:57 am (UTC)So in theory, you'll want humans under complete artificial lighting and give them 24-hour cycles. At least if you want them to stay sane for long periods of time. (Submariners get normal sleep every few weeks because if they didn't rotate them off the sub - as they've learned the hard way - sailors will go batshit.)