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Actually, an all-female mission to Mars would lack gender diversity... by definition.

To the contrary, the early missions to Mars should be all-male. Most of the supporting arguments in this article are well-thought-out and make a very convincing case. However, there is a very important factor that does not seem to have been considered. The reproductive health of women in a...

I've heard the isotope/radiation theory, and thought it was an interesting guess. Personally, I always thought the core was active due to the tidal effect of our relatively large moon. With the constant churning of the moon's pull, the mantle stays relatively fluid, and the core oscillates...