Arizona Senate Candidate Mark Kelly Says He S Sorry For Making Offensive Joke
Kelly, who is a retired NASA astronaut and former Navy captain, joked about the physiological changes experienced by his twin brother, who is also an astronaut, after spending a year in space. During the question-and-answer portion of an event with the Boy Scouts of America’s Northern New Jersey Council, Kelly was asked if he thought if Mars would ever become colonized, The Arizona Republic reported. Kelly began his answer by telling the crowd that his twin brother, Scott, was sent to the space station for a year so scientists could gain more human physiology data in preparation for sending astronauts to Mars....