No internal docking allowed.
Astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, one of the four:
Posted on 06/28/2010 8:09:19 AM PDT by Candor7
Commanders do not allow sexual intercourse on the International Space Station, it has been disclosed.
We are a group of professionals," said Alan Poindexter, a NASA commander, during a visit to Tokyo, when asked about the consequences if astronauts boldly went where no others have been.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
No internal docking allowed.
Astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, one of the four:
Khandro-las in the sky.
Not even for scientific purposes?
Suddenly, the “Mile High Club” does not seem so special.
Solus cum sola non cogitabuntur orare pater noster.
No 200 mile high clug for you!
The remedy? Centrifical force.A whole new meaning to the word spinner.
Yep, that’ll work...about as well as the ban on sex in the Fleet!
That’s ridiculous. What are they going to do, just throw all the hookers out the air-lock?
She kinda looks like a more feminine version of Tammy Bruce.
Outer-space sex carries complications(excerpted)
The issue of what happens after sex is, if anything, more crucial for those concerned about future generations of spacefarers. The animal studies conducted so far indicate that the "absence of gravity loading would cause all kinds of problems" for fetal development, (NASA physician Jim) Logan said.
For example, Russian studies with pregnant rats showed a 13 to 17 percent arrest in the development of nearly every area of the fetal skeleton in zero-G, he said. Logan also noted that the proper formation of neural connections — a process that continues even after birth — requires movement under gravity loading. Immune functions are also compromised in microgravity.
Logan isn't worried so much about the early weeks of pregnancy, but he said studies have shown that gravity should play a significant role for human fetuses after about 26 weeks of gestation.
"This has significant implications for the colonization of the solar system," he said. Multigenerational life might be impossible without at least some gravity.
The Russian Cosmonauts were famous with their docking in space for months on end. Their children must be old enough to vote.
When you get hold hands and look at the sun set every 90 minutes...
Astronauts “boldly going where others haven’t gone”
Remember Captain Kirk used to say “to boldly go where no man has gone before”.
That same line was used in a forgettable teenage comedy movie about a guy and a girl they thought was a virgin. And his buddies teased him about going where no man has gone before.
There was something about a year ago on Free Republic, if I recall correctly, which discussed NASA studies on a manned mission to Mars, and what would happen if you have both males and females on board for such a long mission.
Kif Kroker: The jackass wants to see you in his quarters.
Leela: Good. This will be my chance to reason with him, captain to captain.
Kif Kroker: He also requests that you wear this.
[Kif holds up a skimpy costume. Leela ignores it and knocks on Zapp’s door]
Captain Zapp Brannigan: [sexily] Come and get it!
Well then... I ain't going.
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