Sir Richard Branson, the head of the Virgin Galactic space tourism company has now received many requests from curious couples who want to be the first in history to have sex in space. Virgin expects to put the first tourists into space as early as 2009.
Some couples are wanting to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records as the first couple to have sex in space. Others, apparently, just want to take the “Mile High Club” one step further.
But, according to UPI.com, the couple’s expectations may be too high. The space tourism flight will only offer five minutes of zero gravity. Accompany this with spacesuits to unravel and a general flailing around in the cabin and attempts at intercourse could be an exercise in unmet expectations.
It is conceivable to have sex in space, however. And, should the couple actually conceive a baby while in suborbital space this would be another one for the record books. I can see the headlines now, “Virgin Delivers Space Baby”. It could happen.
