World's First Space Tourist Wants to Send Couple on 501-Day Trip to Mars
All expenses paid, natch
Mega-rich engineer Tito announced yesterday that his Inspiration Mars foundation is looking for a man and a woman beyond child-bearing years, preferably married, to take off on the psychologically gruelling journey to the Red Planet in just five years time.
"When you're out that far and the Earth is a tiny, blue pinpoint, you're going to need someone you can hug," he told Space.com. "What better solution to the psychological problems you're going to encounter with that isolation?"
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So they're flying to Mars for 8 months, and they don't even get to land? Isn't that like driving across the country to see the Grand Canyon and not getting out of your car?