NASA has no rules officially banning sex in space, they simply expect their astronauts to "know better." NASA does have a policy banning married people from going into space together, though a few couples have managed to slip through the cracks. Those couples have refused to comment on the whole issue of sex in space.
I mean once you dedicate your life to the exploration of space, you don't want to do something that could jeopardize your chances of being allowed on future missions... So even if you do have sex in space, you'd keep a tight lip about it.
So what about a mission to Mars? I mean, that would take at least 2 years, if not more. It's going to take at least 9 months to get there, the astronauts would then spend about 3 months doing scientific research and then, (if it's even possible to return,) another 9 months to get home. Emotional bonds could form between astronauts and they could act on those emotional bonds. There would be a lot of down time, so why not spend some of that time doing the dirty? Who would it hurt?
So how would sex in space work? People are more attractive in zero gravity. You don't have gravity pulling the flesh down, so lines in the face disappear, also I've read that your face is flush and pink in space. Women don't need to wear bras in space because there's nothing pulling their boobies down. Then there's the all important: Can you even concieve a child in zero gravity? These are all good questions. On a 2 year mission it's possible for an astronaut to not only get preggers, but to deliver the actual child while on Mars.
The reason we are even asking these questions is because The Journal of Cosmology has published a special issue detailing what a mission to Mars would be like, touching all the bases... including a chapter titled "Sex On Mars." In this issue Dr. Rhawn Joseph from the Brain Research Laboratory in California talks about EVERYTHING even sex in space.
Joseph spoke to Fox News saying, "On Mars, the light's going to be different, the gravity will be different, it's a completely different atmosphere. So if you put an infant on Mars, they would adapt to varying degrees of the new environment. After several generations, you'd have a new species."
Michael Finneran, a spokesman for NASA Langley Research Center has gone on the record saying, "Since it's (The Journal of Cosmology) not a NASA publication, and NASA is not currently engaged in any initiatives to colonize Mars, and NASA's not conducting any research on sex or reproduction in space or on Mars, we are unable to provide a comment on the matter."
But inquiring minds demand to know.
What do you think about sex in space? Should NASA make it their policy to study this? Tell us in the comments below.
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