SHANGHAI – No triad tattoos, no history of sexually transmitted diseases in the last five generations of your family and no lisp.
These are amongst the 100 health requirements for would-be taikonauts vying to be part of China’s next space team, according to a report published by China National Space Administration Saturday.
The selection process, which the paper said is for the second batch of Chinese taikonauts, will also disqualify those who have itchy scalp, herpes, genital warts, speech impediments or foul breath.
“Foul breath would adversely affect their fellow taikonauts in a confined space,” said Zhao Liuxiang, an official at the 4th People’s Hospital at the People’s Liberation Army air force base near Shanghai, one of the six taikonaut health screening locations in the Chinese mainland.
“These taikonauts should be sociable, “Zhao said. “Candidates who play mah jong will have an advantage.”
In addition to the disqualifications listed above, candidates must be taller than Jackie Chan and shorter than Yao Ming the report said. Taikonauts must also be able to sing “Man on the Moon”, “Rocket Man”, and “Space Oddity” in Chinese translation and perform a reasonable imitation of Michael’s Jackson’s “moon walk”.
China sent its first man to space in September 2008. Zhai Zhigang, the son of a stinky tofu snack-seller, unveiled a small Chinese flag in space. He was accompanied by Liu Boming, who briefly stuck his head out of the capsule and said,” I can’t stand the smell much longer.”
Their space walk was a step towards China’s longer-term goal of constructing a space lab, and, at an as yet unspecified time, a larger space station.
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