The goal of China's next space programme is to is to build
a space station orbiting earth, and they are being
mighty
careful about who will get to inhabit that space station. The
agency is attempting to
recruit 'super human beings', prohibiting those with bad breath,
tooth decay, body odours, or scars which
may 'burst open' in space. 'Bad body odour
will affect fellow colleagues in the narrow confines of a space
shuttle,' a doctor at the 454th Air Force Hospital in Nanjing
helpfully explained. Also banned will be any
candidate with a history of serious illness in the last three
generations of their family, and anyone with
drug allergies or ringworm. In addition, the hopeful astronaut must possess a 'pleasant and
adaptable disposition.' As if that were not stringent enough,
those without marital approval need not apply.