Men are from Mars, and Barbie goes there!

In case you missed it this week, NASA teamed up with Barbie’s parents to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Curiosity Rover landing on Mars, and that swingers’ party resulted in the Mars Explorer Barbie

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Come on, Barbie, let’s go party—on Mars! (Image from www.popsci.com)

As Damon Poeter wrote for www.pcmag.com: “Math may be hard, but Mars Explorer Barbie is probably going to need it if she hopes to survive a dangerous interplanetary journey and an extended stay on the hostile surface of the Red Planet.”

But if you read about the doll’s new career in space on ABCNews.com, it’s up to you whether you want to watch the video down in the left-hand corner of the page with the headline: Mexican Barbie Comes With Documentation, Chihuahua.”

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