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Topic: There is a need for research on sex in space, apparently
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paul.i.w
Member Posts: 65
From: UK
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 07-13-2008 05:11 AM
   
There is an article in the UK's Daily Telegraph online newspaper, by NASA adviser Dr. Jason Kring, about the need for research into 'human docking' (as it is euphamistically called!) with potential long journeys to Mars.Regards
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-13-2008 09:25 AM
From the article... He made the suggestion on Space.com, a website dealing with space issues. You can read that article here: For Better or Worse, Sex in Space Is Inevitable |
music_space
Member Posts: 1179
From: Canada
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 07-13-2008 09:44 AM
Ah! The greatest of taboos! After having web-searched the subject thoroughly around 2003 with meager results, I let it lay in my own fantasyland...But wait! I found out about this Apogee book just now. No wonder though: I have never seen that one in the Apogee section of any Visitor Center or science museum boutique... Woodmansee, Laura. Sex in Space. Apogee Books 2006, ISBN: 1894959442. See here. |
Cliff Lentz
Member Posts: 655
From: Philadelphia, PA USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 07-13-2008 11:53 AM
On Sunday, July 6 at the Folklife Festival in Washington, DC, a similar question came up during a Q and A with Charlie Walker. The question was in regards to conceiving children in space. Walker said that there was research to indicate that this was not a good idea. There was evidence effects from radiation and the chances of deformances. I'm not sure what he was referring to. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 07-13-2008 11:55 PM
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Originally posted by Cliff Lentz:
I'm not sure what he was referring to.
Really? I don't know if that's supposed to be funny or not...  If not, astronauts in low earth orbit already receive close to life threatening radiation over a 6-month stay, so imagine what would happen to an unborn's child DNA over 9 months... We still haven't found a way to protect astronauts from radiation- so much for exploring the Moon and Mars over several months or years... Chris. |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 07-14-2008 07:46 AM
I have also heard that the act of conception as well as the development of the fetus would be adversly affected by microgravity. So while I am in favor of further study, the idea of reproducing life should be taken very seriously and proceed with caution. Safe sex is the way to go, I mean if they can fly astronauts to Mars... Tim |
gliderpilotuk
Member Posts: 3398
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 07-14-2008 04:34 PM
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Originally posted by paul.i.w:
....UK's Daily Telegraph online newspaper, by NASA adviser Dr. Jason Kring, Paul
You sure that's not Jason KING...ding, dong!
(Basis for Austin Powers - you have to be over 40 and British to remember him!) Paul |
Rodina
Member Posts: 836
From: Lafayette, CA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 07-14-2008 10:23 PM
I, for one, am prepared to be a test subject. |
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