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Can Astronauts Channel Their Sexual Desires into Space?

JAKARTA – Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket has just made history by sending a spacecraft from the first private company to land on the International Space Station (ISS). This certainly opens the door to a future where civilians can also explore outer space. When going to leave Earth, of course we must be ready to leave worldly things. Though we might be fine with leaving our cell phones on Earth and eating cooked food. But the question is, are we really ready to abandon basic human desires such as sleeping well, or just laying down, and the most basic of sex? Some say, space is not a conducive environment to perform intercourse (intercourse). Director of the Emory University Ethics Center cum senior bioethicist at NASA, Paul Root Wolpe, explains there is difficulty moving around to do this. “Many think that when having sex while losing gravity people can move in unusual ways,” Wolpe said as quoted by VICE. It’s just the opposite. “Making love in micro...