Other questions suggested that a group of women in isolation would result in bitchiness, but the team leader, Yelena Luchnitskaya said:

“I'm sure we all have the education, personal qualities and the upbringing, at the end of the day. ... So far I can't imagine what would rattle us.”

Sergei Ponomaryov, who is supervising the all-female isolation test, says:

“We consider the future of space belongs equally to men and women and unfortunately we need to catch up a bit after a period when unfortunately there haven't been too many women in space,” he says.

When asked about the predicted outcome of the test, Ponomaryov responded saying:

“We believe women might not only be no worse than men at performing certain tasks in space, but actually better.”

We wonder if Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ever had to put up with such absurd questions....

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“We are very beautiful without makeup” Female astronauts bat-off sexist press questions