• Coasting0942@reddthat.com
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    8 months ago

    Looking forwards to us learning nothing then the same story repeating in the early space age.

    ISS probably doesn’t have this problem because of all the cameras.

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      8 months ago

      I’m pretty sure I’ve heard of issues already in the past. It’s a much smaller area and like you said, there’s a lot of eyes on them at all times, so it doesn’t happen as much.

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        8 months ago

        I don’t know about that, but Newton’s third law of motion makes sex in space fairly awkward. You bump uglies, and now those uglies want to be on opposite sides of the room.

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          8 months ago

          I am absolutely sure the first sex in space record has been filled, even if it’s not yet public information.

          We’ve also seen space-trained astronauts who’ve gone a bit loopy, about relationships, no less. Fortunately they were planetside at the time.

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            8 months ago

            I didn’t say it hadn’t been done. I’d say it likely has. I’m also saying it will be more awkward than having sex in an airplane bathroom to get into the mile high club.

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              8 months ago

              This, I do not question, but I highly expect horny astronauts to rise to the challenge.

              Sadly, I also expect a first sexual assault in space will be forthcoming soon enough. We as a species continue to struggle with the whole opt-in consent notion.