<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Sex In Space Inevitable, Say Scientists : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/"/><tagline>Sex In Space Inevitable, Say Scientists : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2008, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2008-12-05T09:09:04+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Sex In Space Inevitable, Say Scientists]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/67973/1/" /><id>67973</id><summary><![CDATA[Sex In Space Inevitable, Say Scientists]]></summary><issued>2008-07-07T21:11:44+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-07T21:11:44+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Weddings in space could be right around the corner, and experts figure the inevitable cosmic consummation will be just around the next corner.<br/><br/>The Japanese firm First Advantage and the U.S.-based private spaceflight firm Rocketplane Global, Inc., announced last week they will host weddings in space for about $2.3 million (240 million yen) apiece.<br/><br/>For all we know, sex in space has already taken place. But NASA officials aren't talking about that much.]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;margin-bottom:-20px'><SCRIPT src="/ads/adsense.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>
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<table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%' style='padding-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;' class='trh'><tr valign='bottom'><td><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr valign='bottom'><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabs lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-comments'><a href='/science/l/67973/1/' class='plime2 td mn'>comments (9)</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-related'><a href='/science/l/67973-related/1/' class='plime td mn'>related</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-share'><a href='/science/l/67973-share/1/' class='plime td mn'>share</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-history'><a href='/science/l/67973-history/1/' class='plime td mn'>edit history (1)</a></td></tr></table></td><td class='minitabspc' style='width:100%' valign='middle'><table width='100%'><tr class='regular'><td align='right'> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&lt;</a><span> <b><a class='page-selected td' href='/science/l/67973/1/'>1</a></b> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&gt;</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><entry><title><![CDATA[fentwin @ 7/8/2008 2:21:33 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/67973/1/atom0_3.rss#q10" /><id>286391</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/science/l/67973/1/#q3"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>chinook</b>&#160;:&#160;<br/><br/>  As are any work environments where people are kept in close quarters for extended periods of times?&quot;</i></div...]]></summary><issued>2008-07-08T14:21:33+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-08T14:21:33+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/science/l/67973/1/#q3"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>chinook</b>&#160;:&#160;<br/><br/>  As are any work environments where people are kept in close quarters for extended periods of times?&quot;</i></div>Prison, and it ain't pretty. :)]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bornbad @ 7/8/2008 1:01:01 AM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/67973/1/atom0_3.rss#q9" /><id>286133</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/science/l/67973/1/#q8"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>tundramonkey</b>&#160;:&#160;I know.  I just thought it was funny that you, the resident.....<br/><br/>.... um, know what?  Never mind.<br/><br/>How's...]]></summary><issued>2008-07-08T01:01:01+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-08T01:01:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/science/l/67973/1/#q8"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>tundramonkey</b>&#160;:&#160;I know.  I just thought it was funny that you, the resident.....<br/><br/>.... um, know what?  Never mind.<br/><br/>How's those girl scouts doing?</i></div>Nothing but cookies.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[tundramonkey @ 7/8/2008 12:59:43 AM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/67973/1/atom0_3.rss#q8" /><id>286132</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/science/l/67973/1/#q6"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>Bornbad</b> : He's my son.</i></div>I know.  I just thought it was funny that you, the resident.....<br/><br/>.... um, know what?  Never mind.<br/><br...]]></summary><issued>2008-07-08T00:59:43+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-08T00:59:43+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/science/l/67973/1/#q6"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>Bornbad</b> : He's my son.</i></div>I know.  I just thought it was funny that you, the resident.....<br/><br/>.... um, know what?  Never mind.<br/><br/>How's those girl scouts doing?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[tundramonkey @ 7/8/2008 12:58:53 AM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/67973/1/atom0_3.rss#q7" /><id>286131</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/science/l/67973/1/#q3"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>chinook</b> : As are any work environments where people are kept in close quarters for extended periods of times.  This is my fifth field season, I kn...]]></summary><issued>2008-07-08T00:58:53+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-08T00:58:53+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/science/l/67973/1/#q3"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>chinook</b> : As are any work environments where people are kept in close quarters for extended periods of times.  This is my fifth field season, I know ALL about this &quot;petri dish.&quot;</i></div>Says the girl who hooked up with the pilot one of those summers.  Hey, gossip spreads like wildfire in the wild.<br/><br/>'Personal relations' are all fine and dandy, so long as: 1) I don't have to hear it.  Living in close quarters is bad enough... I don't want to hear it.  2) No triangles.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bornbad @ 7/8/2008 12:58:27 AM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/67973/1/atom0_3.rss#q6" /><id>286130</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/science/l/67973/1/#q5"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>tundramonkey</b>&#160;:&#160;You, calling someone a pervert??  Don't you think that's a bit rich?</i></div>He's my son.]]></summary><issued>2008-07-08T00:58:27+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-08T00:58:27+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/science/l/67973/1/#q5"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>tundramonkey</b>&#160;:&#160;You, calling someone a pervert??  Don't you think that's a bit rich?</i></div>He's my son.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[tundramonkey @ 7/8/2008 12:55:58 AM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/67973/1/atom0_3.rss#q5" /><id>286129</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/science/l/67973/1/#q2"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>Bornbad</b> : &quot;Are we going to sterilize our crew members before sending them to Mars?&quot;<br/><br/>I don't know where you get this from you li...]]></summary><issued>2008-07-08T00:55:58+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-08T00:55:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/science/l/67973/1/#q2"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>Bornbad</b> : &quot;Are we going to sterilize our crew members before sending them to Mars?&quot;<br/><br/>I don't know where you get this from you little pervert.</i></div>You, calling someone a pervert??  Don't you think that's a bit rich?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bornbad @ 7/7/2008 10:47:13 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/67973/1/atom0_3.rss#q4" /><id>286075</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/science/l/67973/1/#q3"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>chinook</b>&#160;:&#160;In the event it has not yet happened, I volunteer to be an...um... subject in the experiment to ensure that it is entirely pos...]]></summary><issued>2008-07-07T22:47:13+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-07T22:47:13+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/science/l/67973/1/#q3"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>chinook</b>&#160;:&#160;In the event it has not yet happened, I volunteer to be an...um... subject in the experiment to ensure that it is entirely possible.  <br/><br/>  As are any work environments where people are kept in close quarters for extended periods of times.  This is my fifth field season, I know ALL about this &quot;petri dish.&quot;</i></div>Blast off!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[chinook @ 7/7/2008 10:39:25 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/67973/1/atom0_3.rss#q3" /><id>286072</id><summary><![CDATA[In the event it has not yet happened, I volunteer to be an...um... subject in the experiment to ensure that it is entirely possible.  <br/><br/><div class='qp pad d'><i>Beyond space tourism as a platform for steamy shenanigans, space missions are the perfe...]]></summary><issued>2008-07-07T22:39:25+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-07T22:39:25+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[In the event it has not yet happened, I volunteer to be an...um... subject in the experiment to ensure that it is entirely possible.  <br/><br/><div class='qp pad d'><i>Beyond space tourism as a platform for steamy shenanigans, space missions are the perfect petri dishes for close encounters, </i></div>  As are any work environments where people are kept in close quarters for extended periods of times.  This is my fifth field season, I know ALL about this &quot;petri dish.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bornbad @ 7/7/2008 10:23:38 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/67973/1/atom0_3.rss#q2" /><id>286067</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/67973/1/#q1"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>Jetka</b>&#160;:&#160;<b><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.livescience.com/space/080707-space-encounters.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sex In ...]]></summary><issued>2008-07-07T22:23:38+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-07T22:23:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/l/67973/1/#q1"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>Jetka</b>&#160;:&#160;<b><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.livescience.com/space/080707-space-encounters.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sex In Space Inevitable, Say Scientists</a></b><br/><br/>Weddings in space could be right around the corner, and experts figure the inevitable cosmic consummation will be just around the next corner.<br/><br/>The Japanese firm First Advantage and the U.S.-based private spaceflight firm Rocketplane Global, Inc., announced last week they will host weddings in space for about $2.3 million (240 million yen) apiece.<br/><br/>For all we know, sex in space has already taken place. But NASA officials aren't talking about that much.</i></div>&quot;Are we going to sterilize our crew members before sending them to Mars?&quot;<br/><br/>I don't know where you get this from you little pervert.]]></content></entry></feed>