title: A proposal on a contribution of space biological sciences to sexual health in the human space life.
abstract: Sexuality is a basic property of the human being and provides an important background for the human life and society. The present situation in the world strongly suggests that the human being will extensively and intensively spread out in space and the population in space, particularly on the space stations in orbit, moon and possibly Mars, will rapidly increase during this century. Therefore sexual health will become a serious issue for the development of space and a better life of the human in the space environment. It is not too early to consider sexuality in the space life and to discuss how to maintain sexual health, how to control it in the space society, or whether it should be controlled. Space biological sciences should be the key and play an important role in studying scientifically sexuality especially the sex, sexual behavior and reproduction in the space environment.
authors.affiliation: Shimizu Institute of Space Physiology.
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Yahiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Netsu
authors.forename: Fumihiko
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: Kaori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamijo
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D001690:Biological Science Disciplines; D006801:Humans; D012098:Reproduction; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D013026:Space Flight; D014893:Weightlessness