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Subject: Re: Microgravity Sex Redux (was Re: Best position for pregnancy)
Message-ID: <1991May30.124803.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov>
Date: 30 May 91 18:48:03 GMT
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In article <1991May30.141830.7256@sol.cs.wmich.edu>, Dale@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Dale Gee) writes:

> I am sure that the astronauts could keep this secret. They all security 
> clearances.  Plus do we know what kind of relationship the astronauts
> have with each other. Sex in the work place is not unheard of.
> The have classified missions where the general public dosn't know what 
> took place during the flight.  I think they had more than enough 
> chances to do the research.  I doubt they did.  At this moment in 
> NASA's life they couldn't afford to have something like that leak.
>  

They would have to keep the ground controllers quiet as well.  I work with the
shuttle telemetry system every day.  Beleive me, if "the ship was a shakin' "
the ground would most likely see the data showing it before the crew realized
it.  I'm talking accelormeters, door positions, switch positions, pressures,
tempatures.. cameras....  

Maybe they could get SEX in space added as a DTO - Development Test
Objective....... :)

The Shuttle has about 10,000 different measurements that are be transmitted
to earth.  Depending on the mission phase 3000-5000 are active.  

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Mike Kent -  	Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Company at NASA JSC
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