Several news sites published articles claiming that a NASA scientists had recently issued a warning to astronauts against masturbating in space because it allegedly could impregnate multiple women.
A NASA scientist warned astronauts against masturbating in space because they could accidentally impregnate multiple women at once.In July 2022, several news sites published articles claiming that a NASA scientists had recently issued a warning to astronauts against masturbating in space because it allegedly could impregnate multiple women. The New York Post, for example, published an article headlined, “Astronauts should not masturbate in zero gravity, NASA scientist says.
These headlines are absurd. NASA issued no such warning to its astronauts. These articles were based on a joke that was told by a comedian during aOn July 21, an episode of the podcast, titled “Space Porn,” was released on various podcast platforms. The episode featured Conan, co-hosts Sona Movsesian and Matt Gourley, and guest Smythe Mulikan, a mechanical engineer who works with a NASA contractor in Houston, Texas.
During the episode, Conan asked Mulikan about what sort of items can be shipped up to the International Space Station. As the hosts mulled ideas about the strangest items that could be shipped to space, co-host Movsesian asked if he’d ever sent porn into space.The curious hosts were not satisfied with this answer, however, and continued to joke about porn and masturbation in space.
However, when this conversation was recounted in the pages of the NY Post, the site misquoted this section and claimed that the scientist had issued this “warning” about multiple women getting pregnant. Here’s how the articleNASA has not issued any strict guidelines around “alone time,” and a NASA scientist did not warn against space masturbation. These articles are based on a joke from a comedian.
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