Space Exploration is painstaking and exceedingly ponderous, given our
current technology and our frighteningly enormous universe. If there is a need
for us to leave our planet on account of, say, some global cataclysm, then we
ought to build a spacecraft that would mimic something I'd like to call a
‘portable Earth', and would be able to accommodate as many civilians as
possible, and could provide an environment like that of Earth’s in order to
sustain our ordinary day-to-day activities. If you've seen the movie ‘WALL-E',
then you'd know what I'm talking about. But since our journey will take tens of
thousands of years at the least, we have to reproduce en-route so that our race
doesn’t disappear by the time we get there. I mentioned that the spacecraft
would provide an environment like that of the Earth's, and so, having sex
aboard this ‘portable Earth' isn’t much of an impediment.
Consider another
scenario, wherein a man and a woman aboard a spacecraft orbiting the Earth are
yearning for sexual intercourse. Would they enjoy having sex in this
spacecraft's microgravity environment? The answer is, of course not. Down here
on Earth, couples have proper supports (bed, couch, etc.) on which they can
copulate with ease, and with pleasure too! Their weights are being counteracted
by the normal reactions of their supports, with the help of which they can
perform all sorts of ‘stuff'. But in microgravity, they have no weight, which
means no normal reactions. So, due to the absence of supports, they cannot
perform any kind of sexual activity involving pushes or pulls. And that’s not
all. If they decide to have sex while floating around in this environment, they
will definitely collide with other obstacles in their vicinity, and his may
lead to mechanical damages, or even injuries.
Also, the
weightlessness hampers the uniform circulation of blood throughout the body,
and tends to pool around the chest and head, which is probably why those ISS
astronauts always look so puffy-faced. This makes it increasingly difficult for
male erections, on account of the change in blood flow. We all know that
couples tend to sweat while performing intercourse, but that isn't much of a
problem down here on Earth. In microgravity, sweat tends to form a sticky and
unpleasant film over your skin, which doesn't sound so good and is quite
off-putting.
Getting pregnant during inter-planetary voyages is exceedingly risky, due to
the effects of microgravity on bone-development of newborns. Fetal development
is also affected in space. Bones, muscles, and neurology will simply not mature
properly without the Earth's gravity. Human hormones and even sperm motility
are affected by a lack of gravity, so becoming pregnant in space is generally
considered a huge no-no.
Shreyas
Dahale
Space Exploration is painstaking and exceedingly ponderous, given our
current technology and our frighteningly enormous universe. If there is a need
for us to leave our planet on account of, say, some global cataclysm, then we
ought to build a spacecraft that would mimic something I'd like to call a
‘portable Earth', and would be able to accommodate as many civilians as
possible, and could provide an environment like that of Earth’s in order to
sustain our ordinary day-to-day activities. If you've seen the movie ‘WALL-E',
then you'd know what I'm talking about. But since our journey will take tens of
thousands of years at the least, we have to reproduce en-route so that our race
doesn’t disappear by the time we get there. I mentioned that the spacecraft
would provide an environment like that of the Earth's, and so, having sex
aboard this ‘portable Earth' isn’t much of an impediment.
Consider another
scenario, wherein a man and a woman aboard a spacecraft orbiting the Earth are
yearning for sexual intercourse. Would they enjoy having sex in this
spacecraft's microgravity environment? The answer is, of course not. Down here
on Earth, couples have proper supports (bed, couch, etc.) on which they can
copulate with ease, and with pleasure too! Their weights are being counteracted
by the normal reactions of their supports, with the help of which they can
perform all sorts of ‘stuff'. But in microgravity, they have no weight, which
means no normal reactions. So, due to the absence of supports, they cannot
perform any kind of sexual activity involving pushes or pulls. And that’s not
all. If they decide to have sex while floating around in this environment, they
will definitely collide with other obstacles in their vicinity, and his may
lead to mechanical damages, or even injuries.
Also, the
weightlessness hampers the uniform circulation of blood throughout the body,
and tends to pool around the chest and head, which is probably why those ISS
astronauts always look so puffy-faced. This makes it increasingly difficult for
male erections, on account of the change in blood flow. We all know that
couples tend to sweat while performing intercourse, but that isn't much of a
problem down here on Earth. In microgravity, sweat tends to form a sticky and
unpleasant film over your skin, which doesn't sound so good and is quite
off-putting.
Getting pregnant during inter-planetary voyages is exceedingly risky, due to
the effects of microgravity on bone-development of newborns. Fetal development
is also affected in space. Bones, muscles, and neurology will simply not mature
properly without the Earth's gravity. Human hormones and even sperm motility
are affected by a lack of gravity, so becoming pregnant in space is generally
considered a huge no-no.
Shreyas
Dahale
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