Category — Sex

Sex in space has always been a bit of a taboo subject, at least as far as the public face of agencies like NASA and the RFSA are concerned.  I’ve always been baffled and disappointed by their singular tactic of deny, deny, deny every time someone brings up the possibility that two Astro/Cosmonauts might have been getting it on.  It’s as if they’re worried that admitting to/allowing sex on missions will somehow  make it seem that they aren’t really in the business of conducting serious science.  I mean, really; putting people in space and conducting experiments on everything from physics to botany to animal physiology isn’t enough?  In-orbit sexual encounters between two consenting adults are somehow going to tear down their image as credible scientific and technological institutions? [Read more →]