NASA Puts A Stop To Space Romance 431
electro-donkey writes "According to a New Scientist article, romantic entanglements among astronauts could derail long-haul space trips. A top-level NASA panel has decided, though it could alleviate boredom, space sex could cause trouble too. On a mission to Mars, for example, which would take up to 30 months, sexual conflict or infidelity could lead to a 'breakdown in crew functioning'."
From TFA (Score:5, Informative)
"Sexual harassment may also endanger a mission. In an 8-month space station simulation on Earth in 2000, a Russian man twice tried to kiss a Canadian woman researcher just after two other Russians had gotten into a bloody brawl. As a result, locks were installed between the Russian and international crews' compartments."
Misleading title.... again. (Score:5, Informative)
It's just another overgeneral article about pro's and cons of relationships on long missions, and some examples.
Oh, and they're going to stuy it some more...
Nothing to see here, move along.
Somewhat Surprised, Heinlein pointed this out... (Score:3, Informative)
I think it would also be understood that as long as you have a mixed gender group of people together for an extended period of time, there isn't a lot you can do to prevent it either.
Valentine Smith.
-Rusty
Re:Geez... (Score:5, Informative)
TFA (yeah, I read it) doesn't say anything about banning space sex. That's something made up for the Slashdot headline.
The first paragraph of the article sums it up pretty well "Sex and romantic entanglements among astronauts could derail missions to Mars and should therefore be studied by NASA, warns a top-level panel of US researchers."
So a panel of researchers want to 'study' sex and romantic entaglements. Nice work if you can get it, but no 'ban' implied.
First actually-read-the-article post.
Re:Where no man has gone before (Score:5, Informative)
To be serious for a moment, no one seems to have read TFA. The Slashdot heading is false. TFA says nothing about "banning" sex, just that it is a subject that has been ignored but must be studied in planning long missions.
Now returning you to your scheduled program of sniggering jokes....
Re:Geez... (Score:3, Informative)