Barbie's Newest Career: Mars Explorer
Mars Explorer Barbie: Close Up Thomas Payne Here are 8 things she needs to know before she climbs into the rocket. One year to the day after Curiosity made its incredible sky-crane landing onto Mars, Mattel has announced that Barbie will be joining the rover on the red planet. Mars Explorer Barbie wears a very close-fitting space suit with pink plastic space boots, helmet and backpack. (We hope her "one-doll mission" isn't also one-way.) While we're stoked for Barbie's new career, we want to make sure she realizes that life's pretty different on the red planet than it is in Malibu. Some helpful advice: 1. Better set some ground rules with Ken. According to NASA, going to Mars and back will take anywhere from one to three years. (At least until the space agency gets its warp drive up and running.) 2. Go easy on the pink. We hear it clashes with red. 3. Zero...