Sex in Space!!!!

armughal · March 28, 2002, 10:06am

was doing some search work on the internet when i came across this article published by The Guardian…
intresting so i thought i’d share it…

Nasa scientists report that while sex in space may involve agility and delightful levity, reproduction could be difficult as sperm prefer Earth gravity.

In greater than Earth gravity, they become sluggish. In very low gravity, they race away with what could be defective chemistry. In 1988 a German scientist put bull semen into orbit on a European rocket to see what high adventure did. The sperm moved faster - good news for fertilisation.

Then along came Joseph Tash of the University of Kansas medical centre, who argued that such a simple explanation could be misconceived. He shipped the sperm of sea urchins aboard a series of Nasa shuttle flights and found there was more to sperm motility than meets the eye.

Sperm movement involves a process called phosphorylation, a bit of chemistry used by cells to control their own actions. In this process, one enzyme sets off a domino reaction in the cell that starts an activity - such as the waving of the tail of sperm to propel it to its destiny.

But to complete the process, the wiggling has to stop. On Earth, it stops when a second enzyme kicks in. In space, the second enzymes failed to step in at the right time. So although the sperm was more agile, there was no evidence that it would fertilise better.

and someone a few days was talking about having sex in the open…

what do u think about this - making love in space

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NadiaNotty · March 28, 2002, 10:12am

I think its swell, absolutely devine.

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dutch_paki · March 28, 2002, 10:20am

Thats what i sugested in the last post

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well who knows, maybe some day …

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iffy · March 28, 2002, 10:20am

would require a lot of practice but i am sure ppl dont really mind practicing their moves

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secret_obsession · March 30, 2002, 2:17am

it’s sick

and crazy

will they have privacey there???

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FlameZz · March 30, 2002, 9:31pm

lol a really weired and sick idea…

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CocoNut · March 30, 2002, 9:56pm

well considering sex requires mostly lower body/pelvis it would be pretty difficult to manoeuvre and cause friction.

as for the sperm well, most of us know sperm travels better downwards in gravity and when climax is reached it would be a hoop-la.

i'd say stick to gravity as far as intercourse goes; space maybe kinky but not enough force to be gratifying.

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Asma44 · March 31, 2002, 11:49am

Interesting…

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armughal · March 31, 2002, 12:33pm

sorry if someone took me wrong but i aint suggesting that ppl have any such thoughts of doing such a thing, or to encourage anyone, or to ask what u ppl think of such a weird thing…

the objective was just to show what stupid ideas some scientists have for doing research on

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atleast we know what wud be in the mind of the scientist who spent all this time/money/brain to work out such details…

perhaps he was planning to add more reality to the word honeymoon

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mAd_ScIeNtIsT · April 2, 2002, 8:39pm

Well actually research like this is kind of necessary.

If one is planning to eventually execute long-distance space travel, with journeys of close to a year in length (or even decades), it would be reasonable to expect that crew would be having intercourse of a sexual nature and possibly even reproduce. In this case, reasearch would be needed to evaluate any health risks involved.

Also, there are commercial benefits. Given the existing plans to open space hotels within 20 years, a potentially lucrative market exists for newlyweds to have their honeymoons in space. In this case, scientific research into intercourse in zero-gravity would be an excellent marketing tool, that would draw in more customers and hence many more $$$.

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