science

14883 readers

46 users here now

A community to post scientific articles, news, and civil discussion.

rule #1: be kind

<--- rules currently under construction, see current pinned post.

2024-11-11

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

181

Scientists Took Semen Onto A "Vomit Comet" Flight, And The Results Were Concerning (www.iflscience.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

66 comments fedilink hide all child comments

"Exposure to short duration gravity load changes including microgravity, as sustained in a parabolic flight statistically significantly decreases the sperm motility and vitality of human fresh sperm samples," the team found, adding that this may have huge importance for any prolonged human settlement missions in space.

"In the future, should humans remain in space for long periods of time with exposure to different microgravity and hypergravity peaks, which could range from months to a number of years, reproduction may pose a problem to be tackled."

The mechanism by which sperm motility was decreased remains unknown, with further study needed.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait, how is this a thing? Were they -ahem- draining the men before the flights..?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wank in a cup pre flight and wank in a cup after.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And the Worst Job in 2024 goes to:

Drumroll

Assistant to the Post Flight Fluffer!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Probably pays pretry good.

I would unironically enjoy my job if i made 150k+ a year just to jack off men for science

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Post Flight Fluffer:

"You guys get paid..?!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Assistant Post Flight Fluffer

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

You'd also need to repeat the experiment as a control (ideally still doing as much of the same things to account for other variables). For best accuracy you'd need the same group returning another day, going through the same boarding process without takeoff, and tracking the exact time between wanks.