Sex in space worries Nasa

ANI ^ | FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2004 01:38:12 PM

[FourPeas]

LONDON: 'I was a happily married astronaut until my three-year mission to Mars'. Well this is what the diary of a Nasa astronaut may read like if the fears of experts at the space organisation are to be believed.

According to The Sun , Nasa experts are afraid their Mars astronauts will boldly go where no one has gone before and have sex in space. They worry that on their three-year mission to the Red Planet, bored spacemen and women will be tempted into the act .

The scientists dread out-of-this-world relationships causing turmoil for the team and breaking up families back on earth. And to prevent it they are trying to develop a drug that will temporarily reduce sex drive but not leave the crew permanently impotent.

Author and lecturer Dr Rachel Armstrong said, "Nasa is talking about the chemical sterilisation of astronauts on longer journeys."

The Mars mission, announced by President Bush in January, will involve four men and two women. It will take six months to reach the fourth planet from the sun and another two years before earth lines up for the six-month journey home.

Sex expert Peter Bond suggested staffing the craft with nerds to solve the problem. He said: "The ideal Mars mission would have, in Star Trek terms, two Mr Scotts and two Mr Spocks - definitely no Captain Kirks.

"You need Scotts to do the engineering and Spocks for the science. You don't need Kirk because all he does is issue orders and kiss any woman in sight," he added.

One former Nasa technician claimed they had tested out positions in a buoyancy tank. Harry Stine recalled in his book Life In Space : "It was possible but difficult and made easier when a third person assisted by holding one of the others in place."

However, Nasa is keeping mum over its plans. Dr Joanna Wood of the agency's Bio-medical Research Institute said: "We leave sexual stuff to the discretion of the individuals."

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Whoa...

*pause*

Is it a slow news day?

[Hand em their arse]

Your name and tagline are perfect together... CONGRATULATIONS on your new little boy!!

Prayers, Dave

[connectthedots]

One former Nasa technician claimed they had tested out positions in a buoyancy tank. Harry Stine recalled in his book Life In Space : "It was possible but difficult and made easier when a third person assisted by holding one of the others in place."

Ever hear of bondage?

[FourPeas]

Nah, just Friday.

[ASA Vet]

where no one has gone before and have sex in space

IIRC the Soviets had a mission with a man and woman crew.
Part of the mission was to try for an in space conception.

[COBOL2Java]

Better yet, for the two women passengers sent Madeline Albright and Janet Reno. Guarantee there'll be no hanky-panky - at least not of the hetero-variety...

[New Perspective]

LOL, good ones.

But I think the Space Shuttle's new name should be The White Swallow

[hopespringseternal]

Better send couples that are unable to conceive. Can you imagine being the first child conceived and actually born in space

That is the biggest problem, a pregnancy would be a huge complication to the mission. Not to mention the possible complications in the pregnancy itself. And anyone who thinks birth control is adequate protection should meet any number of people who were conceived in spite of it.

[New Perspective]

Prayers, Dave

Thank you very very much Dave.:)

[Doctor Stochastic]

The Million-Mile-High Club.

[Ignatz]

Bwahahaha!! Not just one, but two obscure cultural references! Well, obscure to anyone under thirty, I suppose. I love it!

[VRWC_minion]

They're going to force them to get married?

Weekly wedding cake will be on the menu, just in case.

[J. Semper Paratus]

Arrrrrrrggggghhhhhhh!!!!!

Pictures of Hillerrhea would kill my labido!

Good Post!!! Hehehehehehehehehehe!

[RikaStrom]

Hmmm...

Must be Friday.

[Khurkris]

Thanks.

[Charles Henrickson]

four men and two women

I see a potential problem here.

[CanadianLibertarian]

Simple soultion: No women in space.

[Rockitz]

As I have stated on this forum before, sex in space will create the next big boom in space travel. Orbiting space hotels will be the next hot getaway spots.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

two Mr Scotts and two Mr Spocks - definitely no Captain Kirks.

Somebody missed the episodes "The Lights of Zetar" and "Amok Time".

[martin_fierro]

"Houston, we have a potential problem."