The Billiken's Bluff

Apparently there will be no 'extraterrestrial entanglement' or 'interplanetary interplay' if and when NASA sends a manned mission to Mars.

NASA is considering how to deal with the natural urges of astronauts travelling on long journeys such as a three-year trip to Mars, where the six-strong crew would be likely to include two women.

"NASA is talking about the chemical sterilisation of astronauts on longer journeys," Dr Armstrong said, in a talk discussing the problems humanity may face in trying to reach the planets and, eventually, the stars.

The article came from a website in the UK, who took the opportunity to comment on the America's recent Puritan tendencies. "But that denial may hide a reluctance, in a nation where the showing of a nipple on national television provokes a religious outcry, to discuss the rather delicate subject of sex in space. "

And to think I once wanted to be an astronaut when I grew up! Come on NASA what if the astronauts want to get down? I would imagine you could do some pretty freaky deaky stuff with zero gravity.



On second thought, sign me up!