Re: Does Mars need women? Russians say no

From: Fred J. McCall (fmccall_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 02/13/05 

Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 17:03:29 GMT

Michael Smith <smithm@SPAMBLOCKnetapps.com.au> wrote:

:On 12 Feb 2005 11:04:27 -0800
:digicross@hotmail.com wrote:
:
:> Working in a factory (like the ones where many Chinese female workers
:> work), sniping, living in micro-G enviroment and operating things do
:> no require a strong and resistant creature.
:
: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.

Think 'calcium loss'. I think this affects women much more severely
than men. 

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