(Married) life on Mars: Did you try to kill me again last night, dear?
(Married) life on Mars: Did you try to kill me again last night, dear?
(Photo illustration by Taylor Shute)
Being locked in a space capsule for 501 days, says Scott Feschuk, can give you the us time youre craving.
By Scott Feschuk, MACLEANS Magazine, March 9, 2013
Looking for a fun getaway with the man or woman you love? Consider a trip to Mars! Its a journey youll cherish until the day you diewhich, for the record, will be when you both incinerate on re-entry.
But lets not dwell on the many completely fatal potential downsides of this romantic jaunt. The privately funded Inspiration Mars Foundation is determined to send a married couple on a non-stop, state-of-the-art trip around the red planet for some reason. And why shouldnt it be you?
Being shot toward a distant sphere would give you and your spouse the us time youve both been cravingthe chance to leave behind the stresses of daily life and do something fun together, like stare for months into unending black, grow progressively more insane and sit helplessly as your bones and muscles deteriorate from the ravages of microgravity. Sounds better than Disney already, right?
Not sold yet? Consider some of the other benefits of being sealed inside a thin metal canister and lashed to 700,000 kg of liquid hydrogen and oxygen:
You MUST read the rest of this article:
http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/09/did-you-try-to-kill-me-again-last-night-dear/#more-357633
As well, don't forget to click on the link in the second paragraph above "Inspiration Mars Foundation" to see what gave rise to this article.
I didn't know if I should have posted this under "humour" or "science". The part that really had me laughing is how they protect themselves from radiation - read it all to find out.
Maybe they should approach some of the subjects from "Hoarders" to apply for the job.