As published by the Daily Mail, NASA is working on a mission to Mars. Secret documents that were leaked to the press hinted that the space agency wants an all-female crew. The reason is curious, but it can avoid harmful surprises.
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Why does NASA only want women on this mission to Mars?
In short, NASA doesn't want women to get pregnant. This is a possible thing to happen. After all, the crew will be isolated and away from home for about a year and a half on their journey to the red planet.
A astronaut Briton Helen Sharman confirmed at New Scientist Live, in London, that NASA had already made a document about this possibility of more intimacy between men and women on expeditions. However, she stressed that she had never seen the document and that it was likely to have been drawn up “a few years ago”.
space baby
Pregnancy itself is not the problem. It turns out that there are still no studies that explain what effects space can have on the baby. In addition to the expedition lasting a year and a half, the astronauts will be exposed to a high amount of radiation.
Women are more united
The leaked document also says that women are the best option because they work better as a team. It is more likely that if they were all men, they would constantly fight for a leadership role.
But… Can you do that, Arnaldo?
According to the Daily Mail, NASA does not prohibit astronauts from having sex in space. However, the company's code for the profession stresses that there must be “relationships of trust” and “professional standards” at all times.
Also, the space agency does not allow couples who are already in a relationship to go on a mission together. The question is not even about sex. The company believes that the relationship could disrupt the group dynamics of the expeditions.
Can you have sex in space?
Incredibly, yes. Anja Geitmann, dean of the Department of Plant Science at McGill University in Montreal (Canada), has done many studies on sex in space. Although it is possible, the teacher listed to the daily mail a number of difficulties that can make the act difficult.
The first is that gravity gets in the way of physical closeness. For the teacher, you can't rely on gravity to push one partner against the other. "Plus, it's hard to keep their heads from bumping," he explained.
The second difficulty is a bigger hurdle for men: gravity affects the circulatory system, making getting erections more difficult. The explanation is that the lack of gravity prevents blood from flowing to the lower part of the body.
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