性试验将在宇宙空间进行-但传教式不能实现

US and Russian astronauts have had sex in space for separate research programmes on how human beings might survive years in orbit, according to a book published yesterday.

法国知名科普作家 Pierre Kohler说，在这个人类冒险的终极任务，在美国和俄罗斯的航天局都是有所忌讳的，但是“宇宙结合”已经开始了。

Pierre Kohler, a respected French scientific writer, says in The Final Mission: Mir, The Human Adventure that the subject is taboo both at Nasa and at mission control in Moscow, but that cosmic couplings have taken place.

他说“在空间中进行性行为是一个严肃的问题”，“这个试验的实现到关系到目前计划未来结婚夫妇在国际空间站。科学家需要知道性行为的在没有重力的条件下的可能性。

"The issue of sex in space is a serious one," he says. "The experiments carried out so far relate to missions planned for married couples on the future International Space Station, the successor to Mir. Scientists need to know how far sexual relations are possible without gravity."

他引用了美国宇航局的机密报道，一个在1996年在太空飞船的上的任务，该计划的密名为STS-XX，就是研究无重力的宇航员做出性行为姿势的可能性。

He cites a confidential Nasa report on a space shuttle mission in 1996. A project codenamed STS-XX was to explore sexual positions possible in a weightless atmosphere.

在计算机的模拟测试下，从20种体位中选出了最好的10种。他说“两只小白鼠最后在真实的零重力条件下做了试验，并拍成了录像，但是考虑到非常敏感，美国宇航局只提供了剪辑版。

Twenty positions were tested by computer simulation to obtain the best 10, he says. "Two guinea pigs then tested them in real zero-gravity conditions. The results were videotaped but are considered so sensitive that even Nasa was only given a censored version."

只有四个姿势被发现在不借助“辅助器械”下可能实现。另外六个需要借助特殊的弹性带和同一端开口的睡袋一样的可膨胀的管道。

Only four positions were found possible without "mechanical assistance". The other six needed a special elastic belt and inflatable tunnel, like an open-ended sleeping bag.

Kohler说：“发现的其中一个原则是，传统的被称作传教式的姿势，在有重力向下的地球上是轻松平常的，但是这里是完全不可能的。

Mr Kohler says: "One of the principal findings was that the classic so-called missionary position, which is so easy on earth when gravity pushes one downwards, is simply not possible."