From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Thu Jun 10 1999 - 23:32:05 MDT
Michael S. Lorrey wrote:
> Spike Jones wrote:
> >
> > Yes, but Mike, for the mission I have in mind, we need a woman who really
> > is nothing but skin and bones. And brains. Maybe one with an even lower
> > body fat ratio than mine. After my almost 20 yrs of caloric restriction, such
> > a woman may not exist. {8^D spike
>
> For your Mars breeder mission? I'm under the impression that if a woman has too low
> a bodyfat they have reproductive problems, lack of ovulation, etc.
She wouldnt need to ovulate. She would implant frozen embryos
brought from earth, all of which would be genetically unrelated to
each other.
This brings up a notion I have been toying with. Before this thread
was drowned by gun rancor, we talked about the fact that a single
mama would be unable to train the children right. It takes a village
and all that, right? Well, in the case of a new Mars colony, the
traditional rules that humans have evolved for societies simply would
not apply.
Such as the universal taboo against mating with one's siblings. On
Mars, well, why not? You might be able to imagine several rules
that would no longer apply. spike
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