Old Married Couple Needed For Trip to Mars

When you first think of the ideal candidates to make it through a gruelling 500+ day, 112 million km round trip to Mars, you don’t exactly picture an old and crotchety married couple, but apparently that’s just what’s needed. The Mars Project wants a “tested” couple that could stand being so damn close to each other for over a year in a tiny box; I can kind of see their point.

[link to www.gizmodo.co.uk]