Virgin Galactic will stay Virgin
Virgin Galactic has rather churlishly rejected a $1m offer to allow an unnamed company to shoot a zero-grav grumble flick aboard its SpaceShipTwo vehicle – thereby depriving science of crucial research into how humanity might procreate during the very long haul to the nearest Earth-like planet once we’ve finally screwed this ball of dirt we call home.
That is another blow to Sex in space, after NASA Cancels “Sex In Space” Program.
The cash was slapped on the table “up-front, for a sex-in-space movie”, said the company’s prez, Will Whitehorn, According to Space.com. He confirmed: “That was money we had to refuse, I’m afraid.”
The rumpy-pumpy-free Virgin Galactic program is gearing up to take space tourists aloft aboard SpaceShipTwo at $200k a pop, having apparently already snaffled $40m in deposits from 280 customers keen to enjoy the two-hour jaunt to 62 miles (100km).
During the trip, punters will experience around five minutes of weightlessness – just long enough for a quick hump and a money shot, by our reckoning.
The original planned launch date of the service was 2007, although this has been revised to 2010. The first flight of the WhiteKnight Two mothership was recently knocked back to late 2008 at the earliest, while SpaceShipTwo trials begin next year.
Author Pierre Kohler claims in his new book La Dernière Mission : Mir, l’aventure humaine (The Final Mission: Mir)
According to the book, sex is indeed possible and after testing 20 through computer simulations, 10 were selected to test and it was found 3 positions that are possible without any mechanical devices to help out in the cosmic coupling.
Both the US and Russian Space agencies deny the claims vehemently. Either way, I’m sure the claims will sell a lot of books.
A lot of people holding their tickets to space will surely be interested in this book. Even with 5-15mins of weightless time, there will be people attempting ‘the deed’.
How long before we see 2010: A Space Orgy? Only time will tell…
