Sex In Space? Mary Roach on the NASA Zero-Gravity Sex Hoax

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/08/19/Mary_Roach_Packing_for_Mars

Packing for Mars author Mary Roach debunks an alleged NASA study on sex positions in a zero gravity orbital environment. "It's the greatest hoax on the Internet," she says. Roach also recalls what cosmonaut Aleksandr Laveykin, who spent 174 days in space, had to say on sex in space.

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She took us into the world of cadavers and examined the anatomy, physiology and psychology behind sex. Now, Mary Roach discovers the surreality and weirdness of space.

For example, what happens when you've been in space for a year? And is it possible for a human body to survive a bailout at 17,000 miles per hour? From the space shuttle training toilet to NASA's crash simulation tests, Roach explores the strange universe. - Commonwealth Club

Mary Roach is the author of the national bestsellers Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife and Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. Her writing has appeared in such publications as Salon, GQ, Vogue, and the New York Times magazine. She is most recently the author of Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void.

Oakland-based writer and performer Jeff Greenwald is the author of five best-selling travel books, including Shopping for Buddhas and The Size of the World (for which he created the first international blog). His stories and essays have appeared in many print and online publications--including the New York Times, National Geographic Adventure, Outside, Afar and Salon.

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[GODKINGLANDON]

The God-king doth totally get it on in space with thine galactic harem all the time.

[Plissken07]

I'm Commander Shepard and I have proven this is not a hoax.

[hicyclonic]

@Stardustger All dat be covered! On The Universe show "Sex in Space" , guaranteed to blow your mind you be feeling part of the throb to expand into the universe.

[hicyclonic]

@happinesson Just watch "Sex in Space" The Universe documentary man. Thats the original show on this. Came out before this stuff jumped on. It will blow you mind not just tickle it.

[gigaboat]

It HAS happened , I saw it . James Bond 007 , Moonraker .

[Stardustger]

@Schofieldfiveseven the worst problem about havin a baby in space is that the baby if its consived grown and born in space could not survive earth gravety it it could survive at all

[happinesson]

it tickles my mind to think how would you make love while floating in the air while wearing your spacesuit. Wondering...

[Schofieldfiveseven]

No. That's a stupid idea. If a couple thinks about having a baby in space, semen will float everywhere and get on other astronauts aboard the station.

[therugburnz]

When(if) you are in space(0G) with your wife(husband OTHER wtfER), What is the FIRST thing you just GOTTA DO? This is just to FN EASY.

BTW I want to do it during the THRUST of LAUNCH.

[tasha9503]

We have a design for a ship to allow many people to try ZeroGravitySex,

youtube HotelsInSpace

[nkolatsis]

@karlsmith00 You dumbass, aew782 was conceived a long time before the night he was born. Get an education jerk stain.