Uhhhh...

[Athos_131]

Mars missions may be all-female to avoid astronauts having sex during 1.5-year journey

While several Nasa missions have involved mixed crews, a secret report by the space agency suggests that missions to Mars could be all-female.
Speaking at a conference, British astronaut, Helen Sharman, claimed that Nasa has filed a report that warns that male and female astronauts could get frisky during the one and a half year journey to the red planet.


The report claims that all-female crews would be the best option, as women work better as a team, and are less likely than men to fight over who is the leader.


Sharman has never seen the report herself, but suggests that it was filed "some years ago".

Sharman, who was the first British astronaut in space, was speaking at the New Scientist Live festival in London.


She suggested that there had been an official Nasa study looking at the "impure thoughts" astronauts may experience during a mission to Mars.


Sharman said: '"I did hear some years ago that there was a report.


"Nasa has never released it, but it was done to see exactly the kind of crew makeup was necessary for the reason we have already alluded to.


"It found that the crew should be the same gender: all men or all women."


The journey to Mars is expected to take around 1.5 years, during which time astronauts will be exposed to high amounts of radiation.


If two astronauts were to get frisky, and the female fell pregnant, it is unclear what the effect on the baby would be.


Sharman said that Nasa had decided that an all-female crew was the best idea, as women work better as a team, and are less likely than men to fight over who is the leader.

Also on stage at the event was Al Wordren – an astronaut who travelled to the moon on the Apollo 15 mission in 1971.


Worden, who is now 85, joked that he would be the best suited for the mission to Mars because of his age.


He said: "If I was 29 instead of 85 I would probably have thoughts that are impure.


"When you get to be 85, you still have those thoughts but you can't do anything about them, so I would be just fine going to Mars and back."


While Nasa doesn't explicitly ban sex in space, its astronaut code of conduct calls for "relationships of trust" and "professional standards" to be maintained at all times.


Nasa has also banned any married couples from going into space together – although this is mostly due to group dynamics, rather than worries of them having sex.


The main issue to contend with in space would be the lack of gravity.


Professor Anja Geitmann, Dean of the Department of Plant Sciences at McGill University in Montreal, who has done significant research on sex in space, told MailOnline that the main issue would be "for the partners to try to remain in physical proximity, since one can't rely on gravity to push one partner against the other".

Space crafts are usually quite confined spaces.


Professor Geitmann added: 'Another issue would be trying to avoid hitting one's head, since again, there is no gravity to prevent the partners to drift away from each other and against the nearest obstacle with each movement.'


Lack of gravity not only affects physical movement, but it can also cause issues within the body.


Blood circulation in space is affected and could make it difficult for a man to get an erection.


In an article for Nasa, Lori Meggs, from AI Signal Research, said: "There's no gravity to pull blood into the lower part of the body.


"Instead, blood goes to the chest and head, causing astronauts have puffy faces and bulging blood vessels in their necks."

I've got the wrong equipment to explain this to them.

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#BanTheNaziFromKB

[MissBarbara]

Mars missions may be all-female to avoid astronauts having sex during 1.5-year journey

This is so stupid on so many levels it isn't even worth commentary. "Uhhhh..." is the perfect way to describe it.

[_priapism]

Will you tell NASA, or should I?

[Athos_131]

I am disappointed you couldn't find a gif of them in futuristic suits.

#BlackLivesMatter

#BanTheNaziFromKB

[Shiela_M]

A year and a half without sex... no flippin way.  This would be an all but guaranteed way to get me to have sex with another woman.

[msslave]

All women crew means more weight to pack. I mean, all those bras a male crew wouldn't need!

What Miss B? No gravity in space so no need for bras.  
Mmmm...OK, never mind.

[Dirtymind]

I can see it now.

Houston, we have a problem.

What is the matter?

Oh. Nothing. Never mind

[MissBarbara]

I am disappointed you couldn't find a gif of them in futuristic suits.

I'm trying to think of the best adjective: Inevitable? Obvious? Predictable? Par for the Course?

Then again, there's Toe's Rule 43, so I'm sure what you describe already exists...

[Gonfalon]

What Miss B? No gravity in space so no need for bras.  

And no need for hairbands? Every time I see a female astronaut letting her hair fan out in microgravity, I wonder how many long hairs end up in the ventilation system.

[Shiela_M]

I am surprised they dint get it cut shorter. But I suppose when they go up its only for a few weeks or months at best.  Being out there for a year and a half.  Can you imagine the clippings left in space behind the shuttle.  I get a few inches cut every 6 months.  Not to mention the hair removed from... down yonder

[_priapism]

[Gonfalon]

I get a few inches cut every 6 months.  Not to mention the hair removed from... down yonder

Gotta love those earworms. I’ve had Poco's Rose of Cimarron running through by head since yesterday and now it's been replaced by Freddy Cannon. And I don't mean Palisades Park or Tallahassee Lassie.

[Athos_131]

I am disappointed you couldn't find a gif of them in futuristic suits.

I'm trying to think of the best adjective: Inevitable? Obvious? Predictable? Par for the Course?

Then again, there's Toe's Rule 43, so I'm sure what you describe already exists...

https://www.amazon.com/Space-Lesbians-Seduced-Fighter-Pilot-ebook/dp/B00WC84U18

#BlackLivesMatter

#BanTheNaziFromKB

[_priapism]

Maybe they heard about the lesbian space aliens...

[SmuDoodel]

Here I thought Lesbos was just an island in the Mediterranean. Now I learn it is in a galaxy long ago and far away.

Go figure.

[Shiela_M]

Here I thought Lesbos was just an island in the Mediterranean. Now I learn it is in a galaxy long ago and far away.

Go figure.

I'm not gay, but the term "lesbos" seems pretty damn rude.  Would it bother your fingers to type out "lesbians"?

[_priapism]

Here I thought Lesbos was just an island in the Mediterranean. Now I learn it is in a galaxy long ago and far away.

Go figure.

I'm not gay, but the term "lesbos" seems pretty damn rude.  Would it bother your fingers to type out "lesbians"?

Lesbos (also called Lesvos or Mitilini) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey. It’s famous as the birthplace of the ancient Greek poet Sappho. Lesbos is also known for its ouzo (an anise-flavored liqueur). Capital city Mitilini is home to the University of the Aegean and the Teriade Museum.

[Gonfalon]

Lesbos (also called Lesvos or Mitilini) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey. It’s famous as the birthplace of the ancient Greek poet Sappho. Lesbos is also known for its ouzo (an anise-flavored liqueur). Capital city Mitilini is home to the University of the Aegean and the Teriade Museum.

When Sappho — fair enthusiast! sung
   To Lesbian youth their groves among
Rapt with her theme she swept the Lyre
   And fann’d each bosom's latent fire.

(From an unpublished poem written in 1810, with the intriguing heading: Written on hearing an Amiable Young Lady who sang with taste & feeling but who wanted strength of voice.)

[MissBarbara]

Here I thought Lesbos was just an island in the Mediterranean. Now I learn it is in a galaxy long ago and far away.

Go figure.

I'm not gay, but the term "lesbos" seems pretty damn rude.  Would it bother your fingers to type out "lesbians"?

FWIT, I refer to the local lesbian estabishment that I frequent as either the "Lesbo bar" or the "Lesbo hangout."

I'm just one person, but I don't find the word "lesbo" offensive. After all, it's better that, say, "carpet muncher."