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In Space, No One Knows You Read Vogue

Posted by chrisd on from the space-needs-women dept.

Chad Coffman writes "Salon has quite the story up. It seems Russian astronauts are trolling for supermodels as passengers for their space program." I guess Tito nor Shuttleworth were cute enough for Valery Korzun. May I suggest Courreges or Gaultier for space-suit designer? I'll leave the weight allowance jokes as an exercise for the reader.

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  1. Nothing to see here... by Abstrakt · · Score: 5, Informative
    From the article:
    • He quickly added: "But this is a joke and we will be very happy to receive any space tourist. They're very welcome here."
  2. Re:Porn in Space? by bojanb · · Score: 2, Informative

    Um, didn't they already make a zero-G porn movie? I think it's The Uranus Experiment.

  3. Astronaut in training says that ... by vieux+schnock · · Score: 2, Informative
    Canadian Astronaut
    Julie Payette - and a hot chick may I add :-) - answered that.


    In a television interview, she was granting a journalist a formal visit of the Space Station (grounded, in one piece before being dismantled and put to space or a life-sized model, I don't remember), and the jounalist did ask about the possibility of sex in space. She said that serious studies about it have been done but hinted that the only way to have sex in space, is to have one partner tied up


    Funny.