Over 1,000 aspirants, including 62 from India, have been shortlisted for an ambitious private mission to send four men and women on a one-way trip to Mars in 2024 to establish a permanent colony on the red planet.
Sorry to bump this up. A funny thought came to mind a while ago.
I was reading the news while having lunch. Saw a report of mars rover running in reverse for 100m or so.
Somehow, i recalled a tv episode on Nat Geo of some people with weird jobs. This guy was a smell expert for Nasa. Basically his job was to keep foul smelling stuff from going to space because in space, smell does not go away. There's no air or ventilation like we have here so they have to breathe the same stuff till they get down to earth.
Wonder how people going to Mars will deal with this. Imagine if some one farted or barfed in space. The smell would last for months and not go away.