The things that astronauts can and cannot do in space attract attention. It is a distant experience that can only be experienced by some. What is it like to be in space? It is a fairly common question, which raises even more questions.
In this context, and some time ago, an engineer from the POT made a revelation that shocked the Internet: male astronauts can’t masturbate in spacewhich leads us to wonder what the reasons for this prohibition are.
If one thing is clear, it is that astronomers do not leave Earth for that, but to fulfill their missions in outer space, making discoveries, searching for new things beyond our planet and not thinking about touching each other.
And why are we talking about this?
Smythe Mulikan is the name of this American space agency engineer who spoke about it on the comedian’s podcast Conan O’Brien, Team Coco, after the presenter asked about their moments of privacy.
The website of Yahoo in Brazil cited the comments of the NASA engineer, who exposed the reasons why male astronauts cannot masturbate in space.
Female astronauts could get pregnant
Pregnancy without direct sex? In space it is possible. According to Smythe, female astronauts could be accidentally affected by stray fluids, and a smaller amount could lead to a bigger problem, such as pregnancy.
This is due to the absence of gravity, which allows the sperm to disperse through the air. “Three astronauts can be impregnated by the same man in the same session…the fluid finds its way”Smythe added. Quite a curiosity.
Do astronauts take porn to the ISS?
The conversation arose after Conan O’Brien asked the astronaut if had ever taken pornographic material to the International Space Station (ISS, for its acronym in English), to which he responded with a very clear: “No, nothing like that”.
Be careful, a study carried out by researchers at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, was also cited, which argues that understanding the mechanics of sex in space is “essential for the success of deep space missions and the construction of settlements outside the world.
All of this was presented in a humorous tone, but the research details that understanding how sexual relations work in space could help, for example, materialize colonization on other planets.