Talk:Sex in space

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[edit] Clarification

What the heck is a "meta-approach" to sex? And are any details avalable about the NASA pool (among other subjects), not to mention a source other than speculation about it in one book? This article reads like a high school writing assignment, just enough Google research to throw in some factoids, but no solid information. -- Noclevername 18:08, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

I removed those bits of unsubstantiated rumour/nonsense. The article still needs some work, though. --Bwiki 22:05, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] On Mir?

I do remember reading that an American astronaut was rumoured to have tried intercourse with a Russian cosmonaut during a stay on the spacestation Mir. I'll try to find a (reliable) source. Astronaut 05:59, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't know if these would count as reliable sources, but here is the story about two cosmonauts in 1995: [1] and [2]. Though apparently the official line is that it hasn't happened yet. Astronaut 06:39, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Well, I don't give a flying fuck! ;-) — Rickyrab | Talk 19:17, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Grauniad

There's an article in the Graniaud which claims there's been some space porking http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2000/feb/24/spaceexploration.internationalnews1 D'oh that's the bloody hoax, tcha

[edit] Arthur C. Clarke and zero-g mammaries

In his 1973 book Rendezvous with Rama, Sir Clarke apparently wrote:

Some women, Commander Norton had decided long ago, should not be allowed aboard ship; weightlessness did things to their breasts that were too damn distracting.

Being Clarke, he could not shut up in time:

It was bad enough when they were motionless; but when they started to move, and sympathetic vibrations set in, it was more than any warm-blooded male should be asked to take. He was quite sure that at least one serious space accident had been caused by acute crew distraction, after the transit of a well-upholstered lady officer through the control cabin.

There are some mentions of Clarke and astronaut Mike Collins expressing the same sentiment in Time Magazine in forums and blogs, such as here, here and here. A book that refers to this also comes up, and Time's archives seem to date this to September 23rd, 1974.

Someone who's already familiar with these things might get more out of these, but I cannot ask those who aren't to investigate. --Kizor 21:51, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Oh dear. --Kizor 21:57, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Some more stuff that may come in handy

I didn't do more than give the matter a good googling, but at least some of this stuff should come in handy to an article-writer, be it in the form of sources, further information, morale or leads.

A word of warning: Actually, forget it, it's like you haven't already realized what kind of stuff is behind these links.

Varyingly reliable things about the mental aspect of planet-hopping:

News reports:

Non-human sex:

Essays, publications, etc:

Other stuff:

Hope that helps. --Kizor 23:03, 7 June 2008 (UTC)