NASA acts to ensure that astronauts don't follow their urges

Considering chemical sterilisation of astronauts on longer journe

[bakedjake]

"Alongside that is the idea that the ideal Mars mission would have - in Star Trek terms - two Mr Scotts and two Mr Spocks, and definitely no Captain Kirks, or Mr Sulus, or Dr McCoys. You need the Scotts to do the engineering stuff, and the Spocks to do the science. You don't need a Kirk because all he does is issue orders - and kiss any woman in sight."

[news.independent.co.uk...]

[vkaryl]

Interesting. I recommend the "camp follower" solution: send along however many opposite- or same-sex partners necessary to keep mission members on an even keel for the probable length of the mission. (Of course this begs the question of sexual maneuvering among a healthy sexually active heterogeny....)

NASA needs to read some decent "probability fiction" instead of reacting with pokers up their butts.