Breakdown Forces New Look At Mars Mission Sexuality 528
FloatsomNJetsom writes "Popular Mechanics has up an interesting story, discussing what the long-term implications of the Lisa Nowak incident could mean for Mars Mission crew decisions: With a 30-month roundtrip, that isn't the sort of thing you'd want to happen in space. Scientists have been warning about the problems of sex on long-term spaceflight, and experts are divided as to whether you want a crew of older married couples, or asexual unitard-wearing eunuchs. The point the article makes specifically is that NASA's current archetype of highly-driven, task-oriented people might be precisely the wrong type for a Mars expedition. In addition scientists may use genomics or even functional MRI in screening astronauts, in addition to facial-recognition computers to monitor mental health during the mission." Maybe observers could just deploy the brain scanner to keep track of them?
Movie deal (Score:4, Funny)
I think scenario has much better movie possibilities.
*Chuckle* (Score:5, Funny)
Simple (Score:5, Funny)
There are sexy missionaries on Mars? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Movie deal (Score:5, Funny)
polar opposite (Score:5, Funny)
Ensuring 30 months with no sex? (Score:5, Funny)
Nerds in space (Score:0, Funny)
Rejected on earth and now in space....
Re:"Rum, sodomy, and the lash" (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Submariners (Score:5, Funny)
Big brother... (Score:2, Funny)
Lisa Nowak Implications (Score:2, Funny)
Male Astronaut : Oh yeah baby
Female Astronaut : Come here and rip my nappy off with your teeth!
Male Astronaut : er, em is that the asteroid impact alarm? I better go check.
Re:The Navy (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Movie deal (Score:2, Funny)
does anyone else have the feeling that half of Slashdot will be spending most of their weekends writing resume's and cover letters to NASA.
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Re:*Chuckle* (Score:5, Funny)
Re:*Chuckle* (Score:1, Funny)
The solution is obvious... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Submariners (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Spaceballs (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Maybe... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Spaceballs (Score:3, Funny)
And the video licensing revenue is substantially smaller.
Re:Submariners (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Simple (Score:3, Funny)
A couple? I'm working on a full decade!
Re:Maybe... (Score:5, Funny)
I think you just solved NASA's chronic funding shortages! Brilllliant!
Re:Submariners (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Monitoring them will not work (Score:4, Funny)
They have a solution...
They call it an 'Air Lock'.
Re:*Chuckle* (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Submariners (Score:3, Funny)
Waterproof makeup, presumably... ("You've seen the Kiss Army, now join the Kiss Navy and see the world!")
You mis-spelled "inept" (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Movie deal (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Monitoring them will not work (Score:3, Funny)
Like say, a wow player? Just give them bandwidth and the time would disappear, sort of like suspended animation. The only problem would be co ordinating launch windows with their raiding schedule.
Re:Submariners (Score:1, Funny)
Why not? If a night is six months it would take about 548 years before the child is born. What kind of mission takes that long?
Re:Monitoring them will not work (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Help, not screen (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Submariners (Score:1, Funny)
True, true. But try to run in the middle of that long and cold Antarctic winter night to solve the cravings for strawberry pie with peanut butter!
Re:Help, not screen (Score:3, Funny)
Oh I don't know.
Judge Judys court is downright hilarious!