The first (s)crewed mission to Mars should be all female. Here's why.

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[–]MyLongestJourney 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It makes a good case based on :

a)The fewer resources they will need-less oxygen,less food and less space.On the mission to Mars macroscale,it cuts on costs significantly.

(note:The article fails to account for the menstruation needs- either you allow for monthly menstruation and take into account the mass of pads/tampons needed or you will have to account for the mass and side effects of menstruation suppressing drugs.Just a personal observation).

b)The fewer chances of heart attacks and female reproductive systems being at less at a risk from radiation.

c)All-woman groups being far more likely to choose non-confrontational approaches to solve interpersonal problems and most definitely are more likely to deal with a situation without resorting to violence according to statistics.

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It makes a good case based on :

a)The fewer resources they will need-less oxygen,less food and less space.On the mission to Mars macroscale,it cuts on costs significantly.

No, thats a good case for a WEIGHT LIMIT, not wide-sweeping sexism. You do realize that some women are fat, and some men are small right?

[–]MyLongestJourney 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I am pretty certain they won't be picking any landwhales for that mission.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No, but its still a discriminatory heuristic. I imagine it would be a simple matter to calculate resource usage for each astronaut and choose based on this criteria that is more accurate and doesnt discriminate based on sex - even if you'd probably end up with mostly females anyway

[–]MyLongestJourney 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Personally I want both male and female astronauts. If we want to live on Mars one day,we must collect data on how both sexes will fare dealing with both environmental challenges and interpersonal relations/conflict.