Spaceborn United created a special disc that mixed cells to produce embryos. The embryo will then stop its development and be cryogenically frozen to protect it upon re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere. “There’s a lot of shaking, vibration, and G-forces. We don’t want to expose embryos to these conditions,” Edelbruck said.
When it comes to shaking, vibration, and the G-spot, or G-force, actual physical sex in space is still a long way off. Spaceborn’s current research is being conducted in simulated partial gravity conditions created in a laboratory on Earth, but Edelbrock plans to launch “mouse cells” into space by the end of next year. On the other hand, human fetuses are at least five or six years away from being launched, and actual space intercourse is unlikely to occur until another decade.