 The 2suit sparked international discussions in news and political debates as a metaphor for human colonization of space.In February 2013, Dennis Tito's Inspiration Mars Foundation announced that they were going to send a two-person crew – a man and a woman – on a 501-day, free-return, flyby mission to Mars and back.Jane Poynter stressed the importance of the pre-existing stable emotional bond between the members of the couple.