A Grapefruit Shaped Spacecraft?

There was an article recently published in the "Times of India" that discusses the importance of the shape of a manned Mars spacecraft. According to an engineer at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia, the best shaped that has been discovered so far would be a "grapefruit spiked with cherries on sticks."

The theory is that this shape could help decrease the amount of hazardous radiation that astronauts are exposed to while in space. 

It is nice to see that the NASA engineers are hard at work and that the international community is taking an interest. It is interesting that more and more people start taking interest when the US makes claims like "we are going to send a spacecraft to Mars that resembles a fruit salad." If you want to read more on this bizarre story click here.