NASA Reportedly Concerned That Astronauts Will Get Pregnant in Space

Sex in space is interesting, but the boffins at NASA are more interested in reproduction.

NASA's official space sex and conception policies prevent astronauts from getting it on, according to space health experts.

NASA's official policy forbids sex and conception in space, according to an emergency physician and space medicine fellow.

What is the specific reason? According to the Beast's reporting, NASA is concerned that someone will suffer an accidental pregnancy in space, opening up a lot of questions about reproductive health and the wellbeing of an unborn fetus in an off world environment.

Good reason for that. According to the Beast's report, mammals haven't been able to have babies in space that would be able to survive on Earth.

There are no known obstacles to human conception in space.

She said that there are serious concerns that the microgravity and radiation could harm a fetus.

We don't know a lot about how space affects humans.

Sex in space will need to be figured out by science. There aren't official records of sexual activity off world, but there are some clues as to how it may go.

Kinsey Institute researcher and space sexologist Simon Dubé told the Beast that former NASA Astronaut Mike Mullane had said that he would wake up to erections that could have been drilled through a piece of metal.

The zero-gravity morning wood anecdote suggests that it may help sex.

According to the report, Jonathan Miller, a NASA engineer who's worked with the agency for over 30 years, once joked about the difficulty of having sex in places where gravity is not present.

Miller said that sex in space is not important. "For one thing, the number of positions is cut in half... and then you have to add in tie downs and restrains..."

We need to talk about gay sex in space.