re: Interesting guy. Fascinating perspective.
Yes, Bowser, Story is quite a guy!
Apparently, his mother educated him as if he were 10 years older than he was. He loved his mother very much but hated his father (who was beating his mother who never deared to divorce), who never for instance, even bothered to take him to the cinema.
Before we consider sending astronauts to Mars, there must be a mission lasting a few months (maybe not more than 1 or 2) where the spaceship goes far away for the Earth to become a star and see what it does to the crew.
Raoul