Olenaduygu/Shutterstockįrom decades of human spaceflight, we already know weightlessness and increased levels of ionising radiation has a profound effect on our bodies. We don’t know what would happen to embryos conceived in space. Sometimes women don’t realise they are pregnant until they go into labour. Passengers will not be allowed to board if they are already known to be pregnant, although the space tourism industry does not appear to have considered concealed or unknown pregnancies. Early orbital space tourism flights are expected to last for days to weeks, so only the early stages of human reproduction could happen in space. The real concern is not the sexual interactions themselves, but rather if they lead to human conception in space. Spacecraft such as Starship will have the capacity for tens of passengers, in a large cabin environment, possibly with private cabins.Ĭonsidering that space travel is no longer reserved for professional astronauts, the various motivations of space tourists and upcoming spacecraft developments, we concluded that in-space sex will probably happen within the next ten years. SpaceX’s larger and more capable Starship spacecraft will likely operate routinely in the next few years.įlights have been reserved and passenger lists assembled for private flights that will loop around the Moon. Companies such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX have well-established track records of developing spacecraft faster than the public sector. Much longer flights are just around the corner. Tickets range from freebies, to costing millions of dollars. But sub-orbital space tourism – short flights with only a few minutes of spaceflight and weightlessness – already exists. Talk of space tourism has always been in terms of the distant future. So there is a significant chance that the launch of the space tourism sector may be swiftly followed by the first sex in space.īut having researched the issue, my colleagues and I believe that space tourism companies haven’t adequately prepared for the consequences of people joining what we could call the “Kármán line club” (referencing the 100km-high boundary between Earth and the rest of the cosmos). Humans have a knack for sharing intimate moments in unlikely places, as membership of the mile-high club demonstrates.
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