According to followers of some religions, they will go to heaven when they die (supposedly because they got into the gods' good books because they 'believed in Him').
That's why their obituaries in the papers are littered with claims like 'called home to be with the Lord'. In fact, they are 'a dime a dozen' - you find them all the time. Cheap thrill.
But I have yet to see an obituary that claim that some one had been 'called home to be with the Lord by way of Mars'. That would be something to brag about, wouldn't it?
Which is why this woman below has my respect...
First woman in space Valentina Tereshkova wants to go to Mars
Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to go to space, said that she willing to make a one-way trip to Mars.
The 76-year old made the statement in Zvyozdny Gorodok (Star City) outside Moscow, home to a cosmonaut training centre, adding it is her favourite planet, reports News.com.au.
Tereshkova, who became a national heroine at the tender age of 26 when she made a solo space flight in 1963, said that she had been part of the group who studied the possibility of going to the Red Planet. (ANI)
- See more at: http://www.russianews.net/index.php/sid/215137125/scat/723971d98160d438/ht/First-woman-in-space-Valentina-Tereshkova-wants-to-go-to-Mars#sthash.WoRJLAEP.dpuf
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