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TexasTowelie

(112,252 posts)
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 10:11 PM Apr 2017

Sex in Space? NASA Says No, but Pornhub Wants to Reach This Final Frontier

It's the question everyone longs to know about the final frontier: Have astronauts ever had sex in space?

Officially, NASA denies any such thing and there are no official, confirmed, yes-they-definitely-got-it-on reports about anyone doing it in space. (The idea of space sex is so good, though, that it has inspired at least one hoax. Pierre Kohler, the author of The Last Mission, claimed that NASA had commissioned a study on sexual positions in space back in 2003, complete with special two-person sleeping bags to make getting together a bit easier in low-gravity situations. The claim was debunked, but that hasn't stopped people from continuing to be fascinated with the idea of getting it on in orbit.)

But as we get closer to making the dream of sending astronauts on the very long trip to Mars a reality, it's understandable that people are wondering if a little space love (whether of the personal kind or via a duo) has ever happened or is even that likely.

There's been gossipy excitement over this idea ever since the first woman went to space in 1982, but the odds are good that if it's ever happened the space sex was more about the novelty of nookie in space and less about the actual joy of it. Logistically, it doesn't seem like having sex in space would be that easy or terribly fun.

Read more: http://www.houstonpress.com/news/have-astronauts-had-sex-in-space-and-would-it-be-any-good-9372941

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Sex in Space? NASA Says No, but Pornhub Wants to Reach This Final Frontier (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2017 OP
The " Hundred Mile High Club" exists LunaSea Apr 2017 #1
Oh, come on...tell us. madaboutharry Apr 2017 #3
I heard it was called the "3 Dolphin Club" MicaelS Apr 2017 #5
Well, it makes the Intenet go round... Rollo Apr 2017 #2
Well, the science is worth exploring. RandySF Apr 2017 #4
1982 was the first American woman in space. cloudbase May 2017 #6

LunaSea

(2,894 posts)
1. The " Hundred Mile High Club" exists
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 10:25 PM
Apr 2017

Humans have been experimenting since the early days of Shuttle.
Before the sleeping bags were the bungee cords.
Not easy at first, but certainly fun.

(No, I won't tell you how I know this..)

MicaelS

(8,747 posts)
5. I heard it was called the "3 Dolphin Club"
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 10:48 PM
Apr 2017

And those who participated wore a small pin with 3 Dolphins.

Rollo

(2,559 posts)
2. Well, it makes the Intenet go round...
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 10:27 PM
Apr 2017

Seriously I think I've read that the majority of packets racing around the Internet are X-rated...

RandySF

(58,911 posts)
4. Well, the science is worth exploring.
Sat Apr 22, 2017, 04:44 AM
Apr 2017

My question: Does low-to-zero gravity have an effect on blood-flow to the penis during sexual excitement? Questions like this need to be answered if we ask people to spend more and more time in orbit and beyond.

cloudbase

(5,520 posts)
6. 1982 was the first American woman in space.
Fri May 12, 2017, 01:27 PM
May 2017

The Russians had a woman astronaut back in 1963.

Back when real spacecraft had tail fins.

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