Tuesday, February 10

Noteworthy Quote: The First Martian?

"It would be challenging, nobody has done any research on giving birth in a low-gravity environment.  I think it would be a funny thing because the first child born on Mars would be the first Martian!"

- Statement by 24-year old Maggie Lieu, astrophysics student at the UK's Birmingham University, to the Mirror concerning her hopes to travel to Mars as one of the 600 finalists in the Dutch private-sector Mars One program.