The first crewed mission to Mars should be all female(bigthink.com)

3 pointsby BerislavLopac3 lata temu2 comments

The first crewed mission to Mars should be all female

https://bigthink.com/hard-science/female-space-missions/

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> the average female astronaut requires 26% fewer calories, 29% less oxygen, and 18% less water than the average male

I totally buy this argument. But for me the conclusion would be to simply find (male OR female) astronauts that are smaller than, say, 160cm and weigh less than 80kg. Same result.

> Statistics show that all-woman groups are far more likely to choose non-confrontational approaches to solve interpersonal problems...

This is probably also true, but the first Mars astronauts are hardly chosen "randomly" from the general population. And if you select people anyway, you can also factor in those requirements as well

throwaway606073 lata temu

I don't get this talk about fairness? How could be choosing based on sex fair in any way, ever? I thought that's exactly the unfair thing we wanted to avoid in the modern world. Is it now OK to hire based on sex too? What the hell...