The embryos exhibited no signs of DNA damage from radiation or abnormal structural development due to the microgravity environment.
Space Tourism
The rise of space tourism has also prompted a reevaluation of research priorities in human reproduction in space. A report titled “Sex in Space: Consideration of Uncontrolled Human Conception in Emerging Space Tourism” underscores the potential challenges that may arise as more civilians embark on space journeys.
The report notes, “This raises the possibility of uncontrolled human conception in space. Potential detrimental outcomes and risks include those of a biological nature such as maternal complications related to conception and embryo, fetal, neonatal, and later abnormalities.”
Space tourists may not be planning on staying celibate while they are orbiting. But nothing has gone public about the mechanics of that process.
In 2015, an online porn site attempted to make history in the adult film industry by filming a sex tape in outer space. Pornhub even tried to crowdfund its Sexploration project. But the project was shot down before it launched.
A Future Interplanetary Species
Last year NASA proposed studying sex in space. And conducted a study into the effects of microgravity and space radiation on human sperm motility. But the results aren’t published yet.
