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No room for earthly passions in ISS |
TOKYO: There is no room for romance on
board the cosy confines of the International Space Station, a Nasa space shuttle
commander said on Monday when asked what would happen if astronauts had sex in
space.
"We are a group of professionals," said Space Shuttle
Discovery commander Alan Poindexter during a visit to Tokyo, after a reporter
asked about the consequences if astronauts boldly went where probably no others
have been. In fact, commanders do not allow sexual intercourse on the
International Space Station.
"We treat each other with respect and we
have a great working relationship. Personal relationships are not... an issue,"
said a serious-faced Poindexter. "We don't have them and we
won't."
Poindexter and his six crew members, including the first
Japanese mother in space Naoko Yamazaki, were in Tokyo to talk about their
two-week resupply mission to the ISS.
The April voyage broke new
ground by putting four women in orbit for the first time, with three female crew
joining one woman already on the station.
Sex in space may appear out
of bounds, but astronauts have been known to succumb to earthly
passions.
In 2007, former Nasa astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak allegedly
wore adult diapers when driving hundreds of kilometres across the US without
bathroom breaks to confront a suspected rival in a romance with a fellow
astronaut. In December 2009, Nowak, who was accused of assaulting a romantic
rival in Orlando airport, avoided prison term after pleading guilty to lesser
charges as part of a plea agreement.
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