The first person on Mars should be a woman?

[MarillionFan]

The first person on Mars 'should be a woman' - BBC News

[OwlHoot]

FFS, is there no end to this feminist bollocks? It's all one ever hears on Radio 4 these days!

Actually the first person on Mars, be they male or female or not sure, should be a pensioner, as old as Methuselah, because it doesn't matter if their DNA is shot to hell by cosmic rays on the several months long journey there.

[SimonMac]

Why, does it need cleaning first?

[greenlake]

Why, does it need cleaning first?

I think that's a yes....

[SueEllen]

FFS, is there no end to this feminist bollocks? It's all one ever hears on Radio 4 these days!

I thought you would be glad if one of those types of feminists left.

[NotAllThere]

The first person on Mars should be the person most qualified for the job. Any other criteria is racist, sexist and/or homophobic.

[northernladyuk]

I've put down the mother-in-law's name.

[d000hg]

The first person on Mars should be the person most qualified for the job. Any other criteria is racist, sexist and/or homophobic.

And what is the qualification for "opening the door of the spaceship?" Because that's what being "the first person on Mars" entails - the crew will almost certainly be mixed so the choice of who exits first is political only.

[northernladuk]

And what is the qualification for "opening the door of the spaceship?" Because that's what being "the first person on Mars" entails - the crew will almost certainly be mixed so the choice of who exits first is political only.

Yup, I'd agree so the single, white, home owning, healthy, employed, car driving, non smoking, straight guy on the team hasn't a bloody hope in hell.

[WTFH]

Yup, I'd agree so the single, white, home owning, healthy, employed, car driving, non smoking, straight guy on the team hasn't a bloody hope in hell.

You're still in with a shot then.