Has Anyone Had Sex in Space?
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jeudi 29 mars 2007 à 05:14 | Au Dessus De Nous
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The proposition of sex in space remains a source of playful speculation and we have on good word that the deed has been done.
Over at NASA headquarters, a veil of secrecy has descended on the subject. Serious inquiry is generally rebuffed (the company line: astronauts are "professionals") and officials are notoriously reluctant to discuss any details involving "s-e-x."
The last time NASA was repeatedly questioned on the matter was in 1992 when married partners Mark Lee and Jan Davis (below) flew together on Space Shuttle mission STS-47.
As usual, officials at NASA seemed determined, at all costs, to avoid addressing "the interstellar nasty," as columnist Cecil Adams has so colorfully termed it.Still, rumors persist and questions remain: Has it been done? How is it done? Is it permitted? Is it safe?
In recent years, the focus of inquiry has shifted to the Russian space program, where long-duration missions have provided more opportunities for stolen moments of space amour. "The topic is really delicate," maintains a highly-placed Russian space expert who wishes to remain anonymous. He claims encounters allegedly took place on two separate Russian space missions. "It had nothing to with science and experiments," he explains. "Both were absolutely personal cases. That is why they could not be disclosed."
While it is impossible to determine the validity of these claims, to boldly go where no humans have gone would require quite an elaborate mating ritual-not to mention, experts say, a good deal of caution. In theory, the mechanics of zero-g sex would entail an array of bungee chords, elastic belts and other devices to ensure space lovers don't accidentally fly away from each other in the heat of passion.
"Activities in weightlessness-(like) eating and moving about-are best done in slow motion," writes Neil McAleer in The Omni Space Almanac, "In a similar fashion sex in space may require slow-motion passion and not the more vigorous sort." Although NASA officials generally recoil at the mere mention of sex in space, a few ex-NASA employees, like former astronaut Michael Collins have been willing to discuss the matter. "I don't think any astronauts have yet been privileged to sample the ultimate use of weightlessness," Collins writes in his book Liftoff, "but having no gravity to crush bodies together offers exquisite possibilities."
A "lucky couple" living in the future will experience these "new sensations," writes Collins, adding "a space Kamasutra" has yet to be written
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As usual, officials at NASA seemed determined, at all costs, to avoid addressing "the interstellar nasty," as columnist Cecil Adams has so colorfully termed it.Still, rumors persist and questions remain: Has it been done? How is it done? Is it permitted? Is it safe?
In recent years, the focus of inquiry has shifted to the Russian space program, where long-duration missions have provided more opportunities for stolen moments of space amour. "The topic is really delicate," maintains a highly-placed Russian space expert who wishes to remain anonymous. He claims encounters allegedly took place on two separate Russian space missions. "It had nothing to with science and experiments," he explains. "Both were absolutely personal cases. That is why they could not be disclosed."
While it is impossible to determine the validity of these claims, to boldly go where no humans have gone would require quite an elaborate mating ritual-not to mention, experts say, a good deal of caution. In theory, the mechanics of zero-g sex would entail an array of bungee chords, elastic belts and other devices to ensure space lovers don't accidentally fly away from each other in the heat of passion.
"Activities in weightlessness-(like) eating and moving about-are best done in slow motion," writes Neil McAleer in The Omni Space Almanac, "In a similar fashion sex in space may require slow-motion passion and not the more vigorous sort." Although NASA officials generally recoil at the mere mention of sex in space, a few ex-NASA employees, like former astronaut Michael Collins have been willing to discuss the matter. "I don't think any astronauts have yet been privileged to sample the ultimate use of weightlessness," Collins writes in his book Liftoff, "but having no gravity to crush bodies together offers exquisite possibilities."
A "lucky couple" living in the future will experience these "new sensations," writes Collins, adding "a space Kamasutra" has yet to be written
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