Space Business Podcast #105 - Sex in Space - Simon Dubé

Sex in Space – I feel like I don’t need to say anything else about this episode. But jokes aside – besides sexual health being an important issue on long duration space missions in general, one important topic is the question of reproduction in space. We touch upon these topics and more in my conversation with Simon Dubé, a post-doctoral researcher at the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University on the topic of space sexology. Enjoy!

Relevant article: 

"Sexual Health in Space: a 5-year Scoping Review" -https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11930-023-00368-9
"Technology-Based Sexualities"-

 

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Timestamps

0:00 Intro

2:23 Simon's background

3:36 Erotic interactions in space

6:28 Articles about space sexology

7:46 Sex in space?

11:26 Artificial suppression in astronauts

13:14 Specific lines of research

19:25 Research methodology

25:06 Similar situations on Earth

31:58 Dream research project

36:03 Intimacy briefing for space explorers

39:11 The "mechanics"

44:03 Reproduction in space

51:22 Work to be done

52:00 Sci-Fi