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From: Dale@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Dale Gee)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Microgravity Sex Redux (was Re: Best position for pregnancy)
Message-ID: <1991May30.211436.13491@sol.cs.wmich.edu>
Date: 30 May 91 21:14:36 GMT
References: <1991May30.013526.20485@agate.berkeley.edu> <1991May30.141830.7256@sol.cs.wmich.edu> <1991May30.124803.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov>
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In article <1991May30.124803.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov> kent@vf.jsc.nasa.gov writes:
>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....... :)
MIke: How could anything shake?  They would be supspended in weightlessness?
To be honest I didn't think that sex could shake anything that big.
Oh well, who knows.  I will tell you this much if they ever need test subjects
for this, I would be happy to sign up. (things we will do for a ride into space)Dale
>
>The Shuttle has about 10,000 different measurements that are be transmitted
>to earth.  Depending on the mission phase 3000-5000 are active.  
>
>-- 
>
>Mike Kent -  	Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Company at NASA JSC
>		2400 NASA Rd One, Houston, TX 77058 (713) 483-3791
>		KENT@vf.jsc.nasa.gov