Yeah, I posted this just for the title.
Virgin Galactic rejects out-of-this-world sex movie offer
The British firm that plans to launch tourists into space from Spaceport America has turned down a $1 million offer to shoot a sex video in space.
Space.com reported on its site Thursday that Virgin Galactic declined the offer to film sex scenes while the participants are floating in zero gravity.
Virgin Galactic president Will Whitehorn told the Web site that the offer from an unidentified party “was $1 million, up front, for a sex-in-space movie. That was money we had to refuse, I’m afraid.”
Virgin Galactic plans to base its operations at Spaceport America, a state-built facility planned for southern Sierra County, north of Las Cruces.
When it opens in 2010, Virgin Galactic will charge $200,000 per passenger for two-hour sub-orbital flights aboard its SpaceShipTwo vehicle.
Six months from now, when we are looking at Dow 1,000 again… Virgin will then accept the revised offer to shot a space sex video for $5 grand.
Well “thats censorship.” Seems to me if somebody wants to buy up all the seats on an entire flight they ought to be able to do anything at all thats legal.
Whats next, not allowing a preacher to preach?
I do like the juxtaposition though of a society able to launch ships into space but is unable to integrate the subject of sex into its daily activities. What a hoot.
Hey! We’re way past the futuristic year 1980 .
So were are all the futuristic babes like the ones in the photo from U.F.O. ??
What are those things — space lesbians? Can’t we see a video and find out? Clicking on the picture doesn’t work.
Without a lot of practice, I would think micro gravity sex would be disastrous. What’s the point if you have to tether together with bungee cords and velcro. That plus most people feels like crap after about 30 minutes in zero G. Most takes twelve hours or more to adjust.
If you had a small maneuvering packs strapped on, it could be fun docking.
#5–RTaylor==I’d pay to see a “hanging basket” performed in space.
I can’t believe no one said this yet.
A space porn is worth tons more than a million. How many people are in this world? How many people have seen Sex in space? at 10.00 per mac address view, 19.95 to download drm file.
We are not talking chump change.
# 4 B. Dog said,
“What are those things — space lesbians? Can’t we see a video and find out? Clicking on the picture doesn’t work.”
As scadragon pointed out, the picture is from the British TV show U.F.O. which was first aired in 1970.
Here’s a clip of the opening sequence:
It wasn’t that they didn’t think about it, but rebranding the company would have been far more expensive.
Already been done. A few years ago they shot a porno movie, and using the Russian version of the NASA “Vomit Comet” they filmed the first zero gravity cumshots.
#2: A private business has the right to deny service.
While I agree that our society’s taboo on porn is absurd, I think the freedom for a private business to make that choice is significantly more important.
And I thought I was the only fan of UFO here. Rick Cain is right. Zero-G can be simulated for a minute or so. This method was used in filming the movie “Apollo 13”. So it’s probably a bogus deal, just to get Virgin some publicity. I like how it’s going to have a “state-built facility”. IOW, at taxpayer’s expense. Who’s Earmark sprung for this? And why can’t Virgin afford to finance it themselves? I’m a little miffed that states are still using tax money to subsides such pie-in-the-sky ventures. And underfunding more eco-friendly forms of transportation, like high speed rail. This Spaceport will just amount to another playground for the rich, secluded in the Sierras. At taxpayer’s expense. Nice.
So what’s up with…
“two-hour sub-orbital flights”
If low earth orbits are around 90 minutes, how can you have a parabolic trajectory less then that?
So what’s up with…
“two-hour sub-orbital flights”
If low earth orbits are around 90 minutes, how can you have a parabolic trajectory more then that?
Why not just orbit?