Now birth in space is incredible, but after the first flight to Mars in 2033 and the beginning of the colonization of exoplanets, procreation in space will become real.
Researchers from the United States shared their assumption about when the continuation of the human race will become possible in outer space. Although it was previously believed that it is impossible for a woman to bear and give birth to children in zero gravity. The reason was the lack of gravity, which is simply necessary for the development of the baby, and naturally its absence can negatively affect the vital organs of the newborn in space.
Scientists believe that first you need to solve the problem of how to have sex in zero gravity. But at the same time, many options are considered, and in this case, researchers have different opinions on this matter. However, despite numerous experiments and studies, no single answer has been worked out.
US experts emphasize that it will be possible to give birth in space only when earthlings colonize a planet. And you can experiment on the International Space Station, but the problem here is that astronauts and cosmonauts are not in space for long. And in order to find out everything exactly, the couple must stay on the ISS for about 5 years, which is still impossible. Moreover, from the very first days of life, a newborn will require proper care and the necessary nutritional system, as well as funds for future development, but this is not yet provided on the ISS. Therefore, the Americans believe that first you need to get to know space better, and then think about the continuation of the human race in zero gravity.
Some of the researchers prefer Mars, believing that there will be ideal conditions for childbirth. Therefore, in order for them to pass successfully, it is necessary to create all conditions for the possibility of colonizing the planet. And after the creation of the first city there, it will be possible to think about the birth of a child on the Red Planet, then it will be real. But at this time on board the station, this is virtually impossible, because the conquerors of space are there for no more than nine months, and an experiment requires at least five years. According to preliminary calculations, this may become feasible by 2050. Also, for the continuation of the human race, according to scientists, it is necessary to inhabit one of the satellites of the Red Planet - Phobos. According to their assumptions, in one of the craters of the satellite it will be quite possible to protect oneself from radiation radiation,which will certainly affect the correct formation of the newborn's body.
But, the founder of SpaceX, a company engaged in space development with the aim of reducing the cost of space flights, as well as promoting the development of space distances, including the future colonization of Mars - Elon Musk, emphasized that a city absolutely adapted to human life will only be created after a twenty-year period of time, from the beginning of the colonization of Mars. That is, according to the billionaire inventor, around 2060.
Prior to this, the Japanese managed to reproduce offspring in mice, having previously frozen the sperm and saved it. Thus, they concluded that breeding is possible on board the space station. At the same time, experts comment that the beginning of life in outer space will cause the need for special technologies to keep sperm frozen for a rather long period of time.
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At the same time, the English astronaut Helen Sharman non-appealably claims that space sex could jeopardize all efforts to colonize Mars. Therefore, she is confident that the expedition to the Red Planet should be carried out with the participation of only same-sex astronauts. Since more than one year of space flight with the aim of exploring Mars, it is quite possible that they will lead to quarrels in a heterosexual team and thus they will dispel the very idea of colonization, breaking even the most psychologically stable group of earthlings into groups. This opinion is shared by a woman who is not by hearsay familiar with the problems of a long stay of a company of people in a cramped and confined space.
She is also sure that representatives of different sexes, for a long time, staying outside the environment of mass habitation, and being in long-term contact in a narrow circle of friends, will definitely start looking for opportunities to sleep with the opposite sex, which, of course, will cause conflict situations and lead to not always desirable pregnancies.
And since, judging from the unannounced NASA reports, the influence of future sexual intercourse in zero gravity did not lend itself to global study, the first astronaut of Great Britain believes that at this time for humans, childbirth in orbit is practically unexplored, which no one has ever accepted. Therefore, future colonists are required to consist only of same-sex teams and crews of spaceships. But in this case, Helen Sharman prefers female crews as more efficient in her opinion. Citing as an argument statistics showing fewer conflicts among female space crews, and at the same time indicating a greater number of reasons for conflict situations among males, often finding trifling reasons for a quarrel. As you know, Helen Sharman, a participant in the flight to the Mir space station,which took place on May 18, 1991.
Janusz Serpnien