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No Space Porn (For Now)

With the entry to sub-orbital flight, and even orbital flight, becoming ever so slightly easier, the obvious thought of space porn kicks in. Who wouldn't want to see two or more people going at it like rabbits in a weightless environment (or at least trying to go at it like rabbits in a weightless environment)? Sadly, Virgin Galactic has turned down a $1 million offer to do just that. The offer was made by an unidentified party who was willing to put the money up front to do a space porn movie. Considering that a flight aboard VG costs $200,000 for a two-hour flight, $1 million doesn't seem too bad. Though how much you could actually do and perform in two hours is debatable. And what if one or more of the actors gets sick?

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  1. Still waiting for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Two girls, one spaceship.

    1. Re:Still waiting for... by EdIII · · Score: 5, Funny

      Considering what you are talking about, I don't think you are being NEARLY vague enough. Somebody might actually figure out what you are talking about.

    2. Re:Still waiting for... by SimonInOz · · Score: 5, Interesting

      You know, I didn't think anybody remembered "Two Girls Two Catamarans"

      (And in case you didn't, it's about a maverick sailboat designer who builds a cat and duly sails it across an ocean with the 2 girls - actually I think he did it twice, with 2 different boats. Not sure if it was 2 girls each time or not. Anyway, This was James Wharram in the 1950s, before sailing carts were even believed in at all [obviously the Micronesians didn't count. Obviously]. He went on to have a happy life building and designing cheap sailing catamarans with his partner. Their plans always had (have) sweet drawing of naked girls sitting about on said cats. And he is still at it).

      The book is out of print, sadly, See Wharram (http://wharram.com/sales/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11&products_id=73)

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  2. New Title by DigiShaman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Zero-G-Spot

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    1. Re:New Title by hansamurai · · Score: 5, Funny

      Sometimes Virgin just isn't interested in sex.

  3. Re:Gah by gibbled · · Score: 5, Funny

    You are obviously not doing right.

    RTFM, dude!

  4. Re:Duh by svnt · · Score: 5, Funny

    I dunno, Galactic Whore has a nice ring to it.

  5. to boldly come by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    where no man has come before

    /obvious

  6. Re:Gah by hobbit · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not boring, it's drilling! :)

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  7. Re:Gah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean RTFFM.

  8. MSNBC did a report on this subject back in 2006 by Milkyfresh · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The link:
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14002908/

    My favorite quote from TFA

    Woodmansee said sex would be "the killer app of space tourism ... because every couple who goes up there, or threesome or whatever their personal choice is, is going to want to try this."

    TFA :

    Outer-space sex carries complications
    Experts say new devices and data would be needed to hit the zero-G-spot
    By Alan Boyle
    Science editor
    updated 4:38 p.m. ET, Mon., July. 24, 2006
    LAS VEGAS - Having sex in the weightlessness of outer space is the stuff of urban legends and romantic fantasy â" but experts say that there would be definite downsides as well.

    Spacesickness, for instance. And the difficulty of choreographing intimacy. And the potential for sweat and other bodily fluids to, um, get in the way.

    "The fantasy might be vastly superior to the reality," NASA physician Jim Logan said here Sunday at the Space Frontier Foundation's NewSpace 2006 conference. Nevertheless, Logan and others say the study of sex and other biological basics in outer space will be crucial to humanity's long-term push into the final frontier.

    "Sex in space is not just a good idea, it's survival," said Vanna Bonta, a writer who blends romance with space travel and quantum physics in the novel "Flight."

    Sex in the space environment has long been a source of rumor and speculation: Several years ago, one author claimed that NASA had conducted a study of sexual behavior during a space shuttle mission, sparking a quick round of denials. Today, NASA follows something of a "don't ask, don't tell" policy on the subject â" leading Logan to stress that he was not representing the space agency at Sunday's panel discussion.

    The subject is coming to the fore again now for several reasons â" including next month's publication of a book by Laura Woodmansee titled "Sex in Space," as well as billionaire Robert Bigelow's plan to host research into animal propagation on his commercial space modules.

    After all, sometime in the next decade Bigelow Aerospace envisions putting a hotel complex in orbit, "where people will probably be recreating and having sex," Bonta said.

    Woodmansee said sex would be "the killer app of space tourism ... because every couple who goes up there, or threesome or whatever their personal choice is, is going to want to try this."

    However, off-Earth romantics will have to cope with some practical challenges:
    # Sex in space would likely be "hotter and wetter" than on Earth, Bonta said, because in zero-G there is no natural convection to carry away body heat. Also, scientists have found that people tend to perspire more in microgravity. The moisture associated with sexual congress could pool as floating droplets.
    # The physics of zero-G make the mechanics of sex more complicated. Bonta said it was challenging even to kiss her husband during a zero-G simulation flight they took recently. "You actually have to struggle to connect and stay connected," she recalled. Partners would have to be anchored to the wall and/or to each other. To address that need, Bonta has come up with her own design for garments equipped with strategically placed Velcro strips and zippers.
    # Although zero-G could be a boon for saggy body parts, Bonta said males might notice a "slight decrease" in penis size due to the lower blood pressure that humans experience in microgravity.
    # Romantics will also need to guard against the type of motion sickness that space travelers often encounter, especially if they get too adventurous right off. "Save the acrobatics for post-play vs. foreplay," Bonta advised.

    For all these reasons, Logan said spontaneous sex in space could be "a little underwhelming."

    "It's a pretty messy environment, when you think about it," he said. "And for every

  9. Re:re-write by niktemadur · · Score: 5, Funny

    C'mon, you can do better than that, there's countless possibilities out there.

    - Houston, We Have Rear Entry
    - Apollo 69
    - The 100 Mile-High Club
    - Suborbital Gangbang MILFs
    - In Space, No One Can Hear You Cum
    - Lagrange Point Latinas

    Shit, these things are a dime a dozen, how about some classics:

    - Talk Dirty To Me (In A Chuck Yeager Monotone)
    - Debbie Does Clavius

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