Does Mars need women? Russians say no

Pat Flannery wrote:

Rand Simberg wrote:

As long as morons like you aren't on the crew, it's unlikely that it
would be a problem.



God, but I'd like to see you, Robert Zubrin, and Harlan Ellison on a
Mars ship together...could even a Orion booster get that mass of ego
airborne?

Pat


I don't know, I think the crew selection alone, is asking for a
supercritical mass...

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You know what to remove, to reply....

Eric Chomko wrote:

: Well, not really.

It is the "any other creature" phrase that is blatantly scary.



Yeah, especially since I wrote "anyone else" not "anything else"...
I never should have done those "Lil' Kiki the Gerbil" postings, should I?
Rand's got down as into bestiality, William Mook thinks I am some sort
of pederast, and what I really get the hots for in bed is peanut butter
crackers and Jane.
Jane's "All The Worlds Aircraft" that is. ;-)

Pat

In article ,
Pat Flannery writes:


Eric Chomko wrote:

: Well, not really.

It is the "any other creature" phrase that is blatantly scary.



Yeah, especially since I wrote "anyone else" not "anything else"...
I never should have done those "Lil' Kiki the Gerbil" postings, should I?
Rand's got down as into bestiality, William Mook thinks I am some sort
of pederast, and what I really get the hots for in bed is peanut butter
crackers and Jane.
Jane's "All The Worlds Aircraft" that is. ;-)

Jane's has, unfortunately, not kept herself up, and since William
Green left her, she's been apparently hanging out with the Editors of
Tiger Beat. Try something more Brassey('s) instead. Much more
satisfying.
It's terrible to watch a good reference go bad.

--
Pete Stickney

Without data, all you have are opinions

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 17:57:55 -0500
"Rhonda Lea Kirk" wrote:

So now we're sending post-menopausal women to Mars?

If medical scientists in the space program can really get a handle on
microgravity related issues like calcium loss, then they will be able to
improve the life of lots of older people and probably extend their
lives.

For once the stated goal of the ISS, microgravity research, makes sense
to me.
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Michael Smith wrote:


But going to mars actually requires somebody physically small and able to
live on smaller quantities of oxygen, food, etc.

More women would satisfy this requirement than men, so using Grigoryev's
own argument it should be women going to Mars.

ISTR there's an old article on this on NasaWatch somewhere.

Apart from being generally smaller, womens' superior social skills were
noted as an advantage.

'though from my work experience, I think as long as they behave mixed groups
work a lot better than either all male groups (which get blokey and macho)
and all female groups (which get catty and trivial).
--
Malcolm Street
Canberra, Australia
The nation's capital

h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

:On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:48:01 -0600, in a place far, far away, Pat
:Flannery made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
:such a way as to indicate that:
:
:Rand Simberg wrote:
:
:I can go that long without forcing my unwanted tongue on a woman.
:
:I'm going to resist the temptation.
:I'm going to resist the temptation.
:I'm going to resist the temptation.
:(497 more times) :-P
:
:I should add that one of the reasons I can manage it is that they
:rarely find it unwanted...

This is no doubt what those Russians thought, as well....

Malcolm Street wrote:

:Michael Smith wrote:
:
: But going to mars actually requires somebody physically small and able to
: live on smaller quantities of oxygen, food, etc.
:
: More women would satisfy this requirement than men, so using Grigoryev's
: own argument it should be women going to Mars.
:
:ISTR there's an old article on this on NasaWatch somewhere.
:
:Apart from being generally smaller, womens' superior social skills were
:noted as an advantage.

Ever notice how sexist bull**** is ok so long as it is PC sexist
bull****?

--
"So many women. So little charm."
-- Donna, to Josh; The West Wing

Malcolm Street wrote:

Apart from being generally smaller, womens' superior social skills were
noted as an advantage.



Women Mars Astronauts.
Midget Women Mars Astronauts.
Lesbian Midget Women Mars Astronauts.
That was the key! :-)

Pat

Rand Simberg wrote:

No doubt, but I have other more subtle and effective ways to determine
that a priori than they apparently did.



Lack of sexual assault convictions for starters. :-)

Pat

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:46:24 GMT, in a place far, far away, Fred J.
McCall made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

:I should add that one of the reasons I can manage it is that they
:rarely find it unwanted...

This is no doubt what those Russians thought, as well....

No doubt, but I have other more subtle and effective ways to determine
that a priori than they apparently did.