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Representatives of the Dutch startup “SpaceLife Origin” said about his intention to send into space a pregnant woman who will give birth in orbit of the Earth, having received the first “alien” in history a child. This will be done exclusively in the name of science. Scientists fear that in the future the Earth will become unsuitable for human life, and then you have to colonize other celestial bodies. Naturally, fertility beyond our planet will be an important issue.
And so a person must learn to breed away from ours “blue ball” now, and the first step towards this, according to the Netherlands, will be sending into space a woman at a later date pregnancy to be given birth in conditions of zero gravity. Of course, such an undertaking looks almost crazy, especially considering the fact that our civilization is far from space travel however SpaceLife Origin believes in success your ideas.
Egbert Edelbrock, one of the leaders of the company, claims that training in the ability to give birth in space will become a kind of insurance of our race in case the Earth, in fact, destined to die someday. Imagine that Mars appeared a colony of earthlings, and then a global cataclysm occurred on Earth, destroying all living things. Residents of the Red Planet will have to revive humanity away from its ruined home, beginning to give offspring in completely different conditions.
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It is reported that the flight is scheduled for 2024. Over the coming SpaceLife Origin specialists are going to spend 5 years experiments designed to allow them to eventually conceived. Several private space companies have already expressed willingness to ensure delivery of a future woman in labor and obstetric brigades to Earth orbit. Such an event will be financed wealthy philanthropists interested in science moved forward.
To participate in the experiment, researchers intend to choose a healthy young volunteer woman who has already given birth before. She will have to get pregnant strictly on schedule. Lady will pass necessary education and training, after which she will become pregnant approximately 8 months before the scheduled flight. By the way, there is still determine what citizenship the child will receive, because for obtaining citizenship under earthly laws an individual is required to be born on the territory of a state. It looks like it will be the first citizen of the whole earth.
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Third-party experts, as you might guess, relate to this the idea is extremely skeptical. During the launch of the rocket astronauts experience gravity 3-9 times stronger than normal, and impossible to predict how this will affect the health of the mother and child. Besides Moreover, zero gravity itself will become a huge problem. Finally, the woman in childbirth and the baby will have to return to Earth, which will certainly be accompanied by huge new loads on the body of the mother and baby. About the obstetric group in this case no one even says …
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