Is sex in space possible? Sure, but it may be more awful than orgasmic: experts
It would be out-of-this world sex.
Astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore were only supposed to be at the International Space Station for just 10 days, but because of spacecraft malfunctions, they may be in orbit until February 2025.
Some dirty-minded people are now speculating whether or not the astronauts could have sex in space to pass the time?
It may seem cool to be able to say you’ve done what no other humans have — and while it’s technically possible, it’s probably not something you’d gravitate toward.
According to experts there would be plenty of logistical issues to overcome including gyrating without gravity.
John Millis, a physicist and astronomer, told The Sun Online in 2018 that having sex in space is comparable to having intercourse while “skydiving” — but it’s “not impossible.”
“The issues surrounding the act all revolve around the freefall, micro-gravity, environment experienced by astronauts,” he said at the time. “Imagine engaging in sexual activity while skydiving — every push or thrust will propel you in opposite directions.”
“Even the lightest touch can make it difficult to stay in contact if both persons are not properly anchored. The astronauts would need to brace themselves against the space station and even each other.”
It’s also harder for both men and women to get aroused since blood rises to your head instead of your genitals in micro-gravity, Millis explained.
Sex in space might be extra hard for men since low blood pressure causes the tissue in a man’s penis to shrivel, and male testosterone levels plummet in space as well.
The lack of gravity could also contribute to a variety of fluids — such as sweat, vaginal wetness and semen — floating around the cabin.
NASA technician Harry Stine claimed in his book “Life in Space” that having sex while defying gravity is possible, but would be made “easier when a third person assisted by holding one of the others in place.”
“That could be a jungle gym–type apparatus that allows people to position themselves appropriately to a strap system that holds them together or clothing that accomplishes the same thing,” Millis previously told Glamour.” Imaginative minds will create something ingenious, I’m sure.”
Paul Root Wolpe, a former NASA Bioethicist, told DW that one would “have to get creative in this space.”
“Everything on the walls of the space station is covered in Velcro, so you could take advantage of that by velcroing one partner to the wall,” Wolpe suggested.
“We don’t realize how much gravity assists us in the act of intercourse,” he added. “Sex involves pressure. In space, without any counterforce, you end up constantly pushing your partner away from you.”
Additionally, Dr. Adam Watkins, associate professor in reproductive and developmental physiology at the University of Nottingham, told MailOnline that privacy to do the deed is a concern as well.
“Sex in space is physically possible, but would not be as easy as it is here on Earth,” Watkins said.
