First confirmed sex. It's likely to already have happened a few times. The Soviet Union even sent a husband/wife couple at one point, unless I'm misremembering.

[–] GCanuck 20 points 2 years ago

There was that one astronaut couple (Mark Lee and Jan Davis) that got married during training and didn’t tell NASA until it was too late to train a replacement.

You know they fucked in space. I won’t believe it didn’t happen.

[+] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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[–] PineapplePartisan 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Most likely, rogue fluids getting into things.

[–] dylanTheDeveloper 6 points 2 years ago

"Ayo who opened a mayonnaise jar"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The concerns of the effects of gravity, especially in the very early stages.

Also concerns with the higher radiation exposure, again especially in the early stages where most development is happening at the cellular level.

And what those (and more) would mean from a longterm standpoint. These are also concerns for longterm colonies on other planets (such as Mars) which have higher radiation exposure due to Mars' lower magnetic fields and lower gravity.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You’re talking about the problems of pregnancy in space. Key difference. Most people with access to modern contraception have sex hundreds if not thousands of times for every one pregnancy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Im discussing the article. But both are on the table.

As the author mentioned. Its quite common for people to not know they are pregnant until 4-8 weeks in. And while some space tourism companies have specific exclusions for pregnant folks, what about those that go and arent aware they are pregnant at the time?

Its a generally legitimate question.