"Conceiving the Future: Exploring Reproduction in Space"

Dutch company Spaceborn United is conducting research on sex in space for the purpose of addressing the reproductive challenge of becoming a multi-planetary species. Their current focus is on conceiving a viable embryo in space, using a special disk to mix cells and cryogenically freezing the embryo for protection during reentry. While actual physical sex in space is still a ways off, the company plans to launch "mice cells" into space next year and a human embryo in five to six years. The ethical implications of implanting a space-fertilized embryo are a concern due to radiation and gravity differences. NASA is leaving such research to private firms like Spaceborn United, while space tourism may potentially beat them to the first sex in space.