In space , no one can hear you squall … but on the space bird , they can certainly smell your breath . That ’s why China ’s space program is barring shoot for spaceman with halitosis — just one of 100 new rules for wannabe taikonauts .
One hundred candidates , both male and female , have reported to the No . 454 Hospital of the People ’s Liberation Army in in the hopes of joining the burgeoning social status of China ’s astronauts . Nanjing doctor Shi Bing Bing disclose to Chinese newspapers that , in accession to pass rigorous mental and physical tests , the candidates will have to fulfil a list of 100 mandatory standards before they ’ll be allowed to fly . One item on the list : utterly nobad breath , as one ’s breath and other body odors can negatively touch on colleagues in the confines of a outer space craft .
Other requirements admit no cavities , no cicatrice ( they “ might split and bleed when spaceship are accelerating ” ) , no drug allergies , no roundworm , no fluid olfactory organ , and no serious family illness in the last three generations . matrimonial aspirer must get license from their spouse before they can leave the Earth . And candidates are expected to possess a generally “ pleasant and adaptable disposition . ”
If the requirements vocalise most impossible to fulfill , that ’s more or less the point . bare mortals , it seems , simply do n’t qualify to wing under the Chinese streamer . Shi says it himself :
“ These spaceman could be regarded as first-rate human beings . ”
astronaut wanted – no bad breath[BBC ]
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