If the colonization on Mars becomes real for humanity, there
will be an important frontier to face - Sex.
Kris Lehnhardt, an assistant professor in the department of
emergency medicine at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at GW, said
that the issue of sex in space is "a real concern." It is believed
that there are many things that need to be learned about human spaceflight, including
its effects on biology and nutrition.
Lehnhardt also added, "This is something that we,
frankly, have never studied dramatically, because it has not been relevant to
date. But if we want to become a space species and want to live permanently in
space, this is a crucial question that we have To address and that has not yet
been fully studied. " At this time, even scientists can not be sure what
would happen if humans reproduce in space, or give birth in a space
environment.
Earlier this year, researchers in Japan revealed that they
had successfully used freeze-dried mouse sperm that had lived on the
International Space Station for nine months to deliver healthy puppies. Space
notes that these results suggest that the relatively high levels of radiation
experienced in space do not represent an impenetrable barrier to reproduction.
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