
As commercial spaceflight edges closer to reality, astronauts spend more time orbiting Earth, and as we look to one day settle on Mars, questions about sex and reproductive health in space need to be urgently addressed, experts say.
Published in the peer-reviewed journal Reproductive Biomedicine Online, a new international report brings together experts in reproductive medicine, aerospace science and bioethics to warn that the rapid expansion of human activity in space is outpacing policies designed to protect reproductive health.