Oct 22 2005
Space Romance
Find this little out of whack kind of article on http://slashdot.org, “Out-of-this-world sex could jeopardise missions”
Summary:
“Sex and romantic entanglements among astronauts could derail missions to Mars and should therefore be studied by NASA”
Highlights:
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.
—Talking about Ultimate Reality TV …
—For behavioral scientists, this has to be one-of-a-kind lab.