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post #51 of 53
5/24/07 at 10:37pm
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Originally Posted by Virgil 'Gus' Grissom
"If we die, we want people to accept it. We are in a risky business and we hope that if anything happens to us it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life." - after the Gemini 3 mission, March 1965
Just a quote I found when researching that picture. Thought it tied into the original nature of this thread -- especially when you consider that Grissom died in Apollo 1.
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post #52 of 53
5/25/07 at 7:53am
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Originally Posted by Werbal_Kint
As a side note, when are they going to start experimenting with sex in zero gravity?
There was a recent news article about the proposed manned mission to Mars that touched on this subject:

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One topic that is evidently too hot to handle: How do you cope with sexual desire among healthy young men and women during a mission years long?

Sex is not mentioned in the document and has long been almost a taboo topic at NASA. Williams said the question of sex in space is not a matter of crew health but a behavioral issue that will have to be taken up by others at NASA.

The agency will have to address the matter sooner or later, said Paul Root Wolpe, a bioethicist at the University of Pennsylvania who has advised NASA since 2001.

"There is a decision that is going to have to be made about mixed-sex crews, and there is going to be a lot of debate about it," he said.

More (including questions of corpse maintainance, pre-storage of astronaut sperm and eggs, etc) here:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/...n2749619.shtml
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post #53 of 53
5/25/07 at 12:44pm
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Originally Posted by Charlie Brigden
But Martin Landau is far too old.
Don't forget, you age on the moon at one sixth the rate you do on Earth....

Commander Koenig is tanned, rested and ready.
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