No Space Porn (For Now)

With the entry to sub-orbital flight, and even orbital flight, becoming ever so slightly easier, the obvious thought of space porn kicks in. Who wouldn't want to see two or more people going at it like rabbits in a weightless environment (or at least trying to go at it like rabbits in a weightless environment)? Sadly, Virgin Galactic has turned down a $1 million offer to do just that. The offer was made by an unidentified party who was willing to put the money up front to do a space porn movie. Considering that a flight aboard VG costs $200,000 for a two-hour flight, $1 million doesn't seem too bad. Though how much you could actually do and perform in two hours is debatable. And what if one or more of the actors gets sick?

Already been done... sorry

[Peregr1n]

I call Rule 34; zero-g porn has already been done, utilising parabolic flight aircraft;

http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/movies/uranus_experiment_000516.html

Surprise surprise, the title is 'The Uranus Experiment'.

Re:Trying to avoid funny remarks...

[Massacrifice]

It's been done :

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310288/ [imdb.com]

"Nick Lang and Silvia Saint's sex scene was filmed in free-fall aboard NASA's "vomit comet", in order to simulate zero-gravity."

May not be possible

[coolamber]

According to an article in Wired, there has already been some Russian research done in this area:

From tfa [wired.com]
There are no dead man's sticks in space. And no matter how stressed anyone gets, they can't even enjoy a little release by manipulating their own joystick: One of the effects of weightlessness is reduced blood flow to the lower half of your body. The rumor in Star City is that many have tried in vain to get it up out there. "There vas top-secret program of this," Driga says. "But the man could not perform. Viagra vill not help."

So it may not be possible to perform in zero g, not enough blood flow to the lower extremities.

hmmm

[Goldsmith]

I seem to remember reading somewhere that it's extremely difficult (if not impossible) to get an erection during prolonged space flight.

Re:New tag

[Anonymous Coward]

"Pants" is british slang for bad.

Re:New tag

[Anonymous Coward]

it's because Idle started making its way to the front page on the same day as the "Lloyds is pants" [slashdot.org] story.

Re:New tag

[Unending]

idle was becoming annoying about the time this http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/27/2246235 [slashdot.org] article was on the front page, also pants are what americans would call underwear.

Re:Still waiting for...

[rrohbeck]

What's your problem? I *love* peanut butter and Nutella. And chocolate pudding too.

What else can you film in only 6 minutes?

[quenda]

The Virgin "two-hour" flight includes only "up to six minutes" of weightlessness. Its like a bigger version of the Vomit Comet. So you ain't going to have time to shoot a zero-G period drama. What else but pr0n in that time? With multiple camera angles and some slow-mo, you might stretch it to a 15-minute reel.

Re:Still waiting for...

[Anonymous Coward]

You know, I didn't think anybody remembered "Two Girls Two Catamarans"

(And in case you didn't, it's about a maverick sailboat designer who builds a cat and duly sails it across an ocean with the 2 girls - actually I think he did it twice, with 2 different boats. Not sure if it was 2 girls each time or not. Anyway, This was James Wharram in the 1950s, before sailing carts were even believed in at all [obviously the Micronesians didn't count. Obviously]. He went on to have a happy life building and designing cheap sailing catamarans with his partner. Their plans always had (have) sweet drawing of naked girls sitting about on said cats. And he is still at it).

The book is out of print, sadly, See Wharram (http://wharram.com/sales/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11&products_id=73)

Its already been done....well if not done, described in Susie Bright's American Erotica collection 2004:

http://www.amazon.com/Best-American-Erotica-2004/dp/0743222628

a nice little read with a twist. wouldnt surprise if similar has happened already. all those frustrated astrodudes.

You're late.

[Anonymous Coward]

The Uranus Experiment

Private Media Group filmed a brief scene for the space-themed pornographic film The Uranus Experiment in a Russian aircraft flying a parabolic track (similar to NASA's Vomit Comet). The Uranus Experiment features around 20 seconds of actors Sylvia Saint and Nick Lang (who portray astronauts living on a space station) having sex in freefall. The scene was controversially nominated for a Nebula Award, but did not win. [12]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_in_space#The_Uranus_Experiment

Re:Gah

[Boronx]

That dude is definitely doing it wrong.