[removed]

Mother earth shaped us through evolution. We may never be able to escape her hug and love.

Babies need the gravity to grow inside the womb. That will be very difficult to achieve in space.

I'm betting that Mark Lee and Jan Davis beat them to it.

Rotating spacecraft that are giant cylinders. That helps with the “gravity”.

It’s a long way off but technically possible with our current tech.

If they volunteers to assist with that, sign me up

those are the aliens other planets will meet

Yes, agreed... this is a very bad idea. They should experiment with other species first.

- person who probably didn't think about this topic for more than 15 seconds before commenting

In fact I have… and your comment belies an arrogance that hides an ignorance of the topic….

That's a thing: evolution shaped us to have no natural environment", but to adapt sny environment to ourselves.

Howbout a space redlight district? If we're hell bent on polluting space with our 'civilization' why not start with the oldest profession? ;)

So spinning them babies will be fulltime job :p

They're researching conception and EARLY embryo development in space. There are known issues with human reproduction in space but likely many unknowns as well which this project is trying to investigate. Using human cells is more useful, cheaper and more ethical than sending animals into space to fuck. Yet the internet goblins are already calling it a "very bad idea."

we've shaped the hell out of our climate with human terraforming adaptation

That's because political desicion to try to stop the change instead to adapt and use it. Which was as stupid from the start as denying the change itself.

We'll adapt ourselves to extinction then.

Not going to happen. We actually already has survived numerous climate changes. And even adapted to the radically different climates in short time.

Also, baseless fearmongering is not, and never was, acceptable argument.

[removed]

our infrastructure and culture hasn't had to weather radically sudden climate change. what provision will there be to adapt earth's other species for continued survival ?

For species we are interested in - we are that guarantee. For others - why should anyone care? Humans are priority. As for infrastructure: you probably aware we are demolishing and rebuilding it constantly anyway. Compare even modern roads with roads at 1900. As for culture - people change they culture constantly anyway. Any emigrant? Voluntary changed culture? Moved from a city to suburb? Change of culture. Gone to get college education? Change if culture. And cultures themselves are not something remotely approaching anything "constant".

prepare to die in the coming global climate diasporas

You've missed previous half-a-century or so, didn't you?

the proverbial end of history? :) the last 50 years have been all of my adult life.

this adaptation you dream of, societies lifeboat, will be boarded first by the elite and rich before finally being swamped by a billion poor fleeing a burning southern hemisphere

> need the gravity

There have been experiments with pregnant rats that were launched into space and successfully delivered litters afterwards.

Rats born in space struggle to orient themselves right side up in gravity, but they figure it out in a few days.

From what I can find, there haven’t been any experiments on conception or zygote implantation in space, but that’s because they can’t get the rats to figure out how to bang in zero gravity, not because of any specific reason it shouldn’t work.

This is a little reminiscent of the NASA scientists who were convinced that microgravity would interfere with Sally Ride’s menstrual cycle.

>This is a little reminiscent of the NASA scientists who were convinced that microgravity would interfere with Sally Ride's menstrual cycle.

I'd be more worried about how low gravity affects bone density or the effects of cosmic radiation outside of earth's atmosphere in the development of the fetus. There are valid ethical concerns that don't boil down to oppressing women in some way.

If these scientists keep feathering it like this, the mommies may just get an answer…

[removed]

I would like to volunteer to be the baby spinner

Surely conceiving them wouldn't be the problem?

[removed]