Sex in Space ... The real deal?

The sextraunauts

It is apt I suppose that the day after a woman astronaut set the record for the longest time in space for the female of the species there is another space adventure bubbling on planet earth. There will be no fanfare, medals or parades just horror in some circles about this latest project.

Going boldly forward where few countries have gone before is the porn company ‘Pornhub’ and they have a plan for this milestone … the first real space porn movie. Two 'sextraunauts' have been chosen, Eva Lovia and Johnny Sins, who will receive 'six months of rigorous training' prior to launch. Yes, the plan is to send them into space.

They will fly into low-Earth orbit next year if they secure funding to film the first ever-adult movie in space. They need to raise a reported £2.2 million for the mission and they are asking via the IndieGogo fundraisers site for help hoping the general public will donate.

There are a number of rewards for donating, rising from a dollar to $150000 for a mega donation. Today after two days, they have only managed to raise just over $8378.

There has been a lot of sex in space with feet firmly within the earth’s atmosphere although a previous porn company made a movie where a zero gravity intercourse scene was accomplished by flying an airplane to an altitude of 11,000 feet (3350 meters) and then doing a steep dive. The scene lasted only 20-second, featuring the beautiful Sylvia Saint.

There has always been a ‘Nudge, nudge. Wink, wink. Say no more" rumour of sex in space for real that could have been attempted in the past. Jan Davis and Mark Lee, two astronauts who went into orbit aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, had secretly married nine months prior to their mission. The deployment of husband and wife on the same mission was a first for NASA. It immediately prompted speculation that they may have been the first couple in history to do the deed in zero gravity.

Facts are pretty sketchy like how they intend to get into space, who will supply them with a spacecraft with the launch date in 2016. Who will be training the two 'sextraunauts' or will they nip to the local gym one thing for sure can’t see them needing to train the sex part of the mission.

Paul Root Wolpe, a senior bioethicist at NASA said. The logistical difficulty of body-to-body docking in microgravity would probably put astronauts off in the first place. The release of fluids could also cause some problems for the astronauts in microgravity.

Then there's the fact that gravity helps our blood flow to the lower parts of our body, so in space, blood rises to your head and chest, making erection problematic. Pornhub, says it will find out for 'the love of science and sex'. Sounds like Johnny could have some performance problems.