LONGECITY

So, anyone else interested in what sex in zero g will be like in space? You know that there will be some companies that cater (at least partly) to our sex drive once space flight becomes more common.

When searching around, I found this article on how some NASA people are worried that sex in space could jeopardise future missions.

Hopefully I am not out of line for bringing this up, it is something I have wondered about for awhile now.


Edit: Found this link for the "XXX Prize Foundation" (play on words from the X Prize Foundation), this article detailing some of the problems that might be associated with doing the deed in space (think: bodily fluids landing on various surfaces), and this article on Space.com about sex in space in general.



Edited by Live Forever, 24 July 2006 - 11:49 AM.

Hmm... never really thought about it... wouldn't mind giving it a round, but wouldn't you think it might be a little tough? [wis]

I would think that it would be very hard.

I have to think, though, that it's already been done. Who wouldn't want to be the first in the 200 mile high club!

Sex in space will be very difficult. Also, our muscles will turn to mush if we aren't always exercising. Years in space will make it very difficult to return to the earth's surface, as our brains will be programmed to interpret zero-gravity motion. There is evidence that children can't grow up in zero-g, and that the process of pregnancy won't go forward properly. Our skeletons need gravity to form properly in youth. Not to mention that we'd never be able to enjoy more than a few plants and trees, because soil and water gets everywhere in space. Plainly put, space sucks for humans living there for long periods.

Unfortunately, the only short-term solution is rotating spaceships that simulate gravity. This is particularly important for the Lifeboat Foundation project - our Ark 1 design incorporates two rotating loops.

I tend to think it would work alright if if there was some sort of elastic coupling device that held the two people together (so momentum doesn't send them off in different directions). I am sure something could be developed.

Wasn't it the Russians who sent the first woman into space (on Mir)? No doubt they experimented with that a couple decades ago.

If there was unprotected sex in a zero-g environment, saliva, sweat, semen and natural vaginal lubricant would be floating around all over the place.

If there was unprotected sex in a zero-g environment, saliva, sweat, semen and natural vaginal lubricant would be floating around all over the place.

Yes, the third link in the original post I made discusses this a little bit. Of course, one could assert that this is part of the fun of it. [tung]

It wouldn't be floating too long as it would tend to basically stick to all the surfaces pretty quickly [lol]

However the variety of positions possible could only be described as Tantric squared or an exponential Kama Sutra. It makes the idea of sexual synergism and natural rhythm ever so much more important, not to mention the practical aspects of grappling and suction. )

I do suggest however that this only be attempting in a well padded chamber, composed of soft, nonstick, non-staining surfaces and preferably spheroid. It does lend a whole new meaning to bouncing off the walls.

I would think that it would be very hard.

I would hope so. Usually a requirement isn't it?

Live Forever
"If there was unprotected sex in a zero-g environment, saliva, sweat, semen and natural vaginal lubricant would be floating around all over the place."

Yes, the third link in the original post I made discusses this a little bit. Of course, one could assert that this is part of the fun of it. [tung]
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That's just what I was thinking, LF.


Lazarus Long
"I do suggest however that this only be attempting in a well padded chamber, composed of soft, nonstick, non-staining surfaces and preferably spheroid. "
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So, how much would it cost to shoot my current bachelor pad into space? [tung]


edit: god, i hate this quoting bug monstrosity.

Every day I am more amazed by the potential uses of Velcro and duct tape.

duct tape.

Be careful pulling it off, it might hurt.

Ever been scuba diving? That's about as close as you can get to a stable zero-g environment. And honestly, it isn't as thrilling as you might think from the movies with all the space neophytes bouncing around laughing in extascy.

My experience has been that the zero-g feeling isn't alll that great. What makes it exciting is that you can look around and feel as if you're "flying" when you're floating next to a wall or through archways. That's far more impressive (because you can get the perspective!) than what I'd imagine floating in a tiny room could ever give you. I felt the same way about skydiving... there just wasn't anything to give you perspective! (I felt like I was falling towards a model, instead of the actual earth.)

While I have never been scuba diving, and hence can't speak from personal experience, I still must question how close it comes to zero g. While you are bouyant enough to not be falling relative to your surroundings, you nevertheless are being accelerated at almost 10 m/s^2. Your own weight, pressing into your wetsuit, can be felt. I can stand, or do a handstand, or lie on my back, my sides, or my stomach: all six primary directions along the three main axes of my body. Each is subtly different, but in a way pretty much the same. Once in free fall, e.g. on a roller coaster ride or while jumping from a height sufficient to provide a near-second of free-fall (e.g., from a 3m springboard), however, the sensation in my body is extremely different from the sensation I feel along any of those six directions of full gravity. If that sensation is so different from the sensation of standing on one's feet, one would expect the sensation of lying on one's side, or of doing a headstand, to be just as fantastically different. But it isn't.

That pressure, compressing your body through any gradient (top to bottom, left to right, front to back, etc.), has a very distinct sensation that you notice when it's gone, or even just slightly reduced (like when an elevator starts to descend and your body goes from 1.0 g's to 0.9 g's). And it's not just sensed in one's ears: a slight drop in the road and I can feel it in my gut and my, er, nether regions.

While I understand that scuba diving has many features which can be disorienting and/or unique, I still don't see how it can really prepare someone for true free-fall weightlessness. I can see how it can help one appreciate the "bouyancy" of one's limbs, etc., for better motor control. But that's not the same as preparing one for the sensation of free fall.

Every day I am more amazed by the potential uses of Velcro and duct tape.

What!? [huh]

Like a masochist in lunar orbit he's space bound

What!?  [huh]

I think he meant to hold people in place in zero gravity.

Anyone who has seen the voyager episode Seven of Nine has given this some thought already

I think he meant to hold people in place in zero gravity.

Oh, I see...*ahem* phew! [sfty]

Knowing my luck, I would get into space in the "sex chamber" and after forking out my Lamborghini savings, my partner of choice would roll over and say she has a zero-g headache!

What would be cool though is when the sex starts with your partner she says "10 seconds to blast off, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, whoops"

So rather than sex at zero gravity I may have to settle for zero sex at gravity

Only joking of course. The above statements are fictional and made up for humours sake

There are so many other things that I would like to try at zero-gravity before sex

1. Try and pop a mono on a wheelchair at zero-gravity
2. Encapsulate rhodiola at zero-gravity
3. Play with my lifetime collection of nose goblins at zero-gravity
4. Teach Chuck Norris a lesson at zero-gravity
5. Pass the Dutche on the left hand side at zero-gravity
6. Dominos at zero-gravity
7. Kill the President of Malaysia at zero-gravity
8. Set up a sweat shop selling T-shirts that say "Just Do It...at zero-gravity"
9. Cut my festing toenails at zero-gravity and try not to lose the clippings
10. Drink 1ltr of Double Bubble Burpa Cola really fast at zero-gravity
Edited by zoolander, 13 August 2006 - 07:26 PM.

boxing / wrestling / any sport in general at zero gravity.
dodgeball!