No sex in space, says NASA commander: astronauts too 'professional' for outer-sp
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Mystery solved – there is no 250,000 mile high club.
Astronauts on a NASA mission in April say no love was launched during their time in outer space – and that sex is not on the agenda for their celestial missions.
"We are a group of professionals," Space Shuttle Discovery commander Alan Poindexter said, according to London's Telegraph. "Personal relationships are not ... an issue."
Poindexter spoke out on the love ban while in Tokyo with his crew to talk about their two-week resupply mission to the Internation Space Station.
When asked by a reporter what the consequences would be if astronauts got too intimate in the final frontier, Poindexter said that wasn't an option, the Telegraph reported.
"We treat each other with respect and we have a great working relationship," he said.
The groundbreaking voyage put four women in orbit for the first time, as three female crew members joined one woman who was already based on the station.
While Poindexter's team was well-behaved, astronauts have gotten into trouble in the past for their sexual exploits.
In 2007, astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak got the boot from NASA after trying to kidnap the new girlfriend of her spaceman ex-lover.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/20…
June 28th 2010,
Astronauts on a NASA mission in April say no love was launched during their time in outer space – and that sex is not on the agenda for their celestial missions.
"We are a group of professionals," Space Shuttle Discovery commander Alan Poindexter said, according to London's Telegraph. "Personal relationships are not ... an issue."
Poindexter spoke out on the love ban while in Tokyo with his crew to talk about their two-week resupply mission to the Internation Space Station.
When asked by a reporter what the consequences would be if astronauts got too intimate in the final frontier, Poindexter said that wasn't an option, the Telegraph reported.
"We treat each other with respect and we have a great working relationship," he said.
The groundbreaking voyage put four women in orbit for the first time, as three female crew members joined one woman who was already based on the station.
While Poindexter's team was well-behaved, astronauts have gotten into trouble in the past for their sexual exploits.
In 2007, astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak got the boot from NASA after trying to kidnap the new girlfriend of her spaceman ex-lover.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/20…
June 28th 2010,
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maybe commander poindexter forgot about this...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Nowak
2) There's no gravity in space. Gotta be really really careful with those bodily fluids, lest they float about the cabin.
"Now that Obama has surrendered space to private firms (how's that hopey changey thing workin for ya ?), the first entrants for the 250,000 mile club will happen at some point."
LOL...I'm sure Obama will be blowing up the International Space Station any minute now...not... Get a clue moron! Also, someone needs to tell Dudster & the media that the Moon is around 240,000 miles from Earth. Nobody's orbiting that far out in space.