As further evidence that Anousheh Ansari will be taking the place of rejected Japanese space tourist Daisuke Enomoto on next month’s Soyuz flight comes this report from AFP about modifications being made to the Soyuz spacecraft to accommodate Ansari. And why are those changes being made? “A woman’s organism is different, that’s why we need to modify some of the life systems in the capsule,” said Nikolai Sevastyanov, head of RSC Energia. Yes, indeed, her “organism” is different…
I thought the Russians had sent up females before. They don’t have the equipment laying around?