Episode 07: The Three Dolphin Problem

Has sex already happened in space?

The official answer is no. The rumors tell a much stranger story.

Longtime space-tourism advocate Samuel Coniglio joins Eric and Alicia to explore the unofficial history of intimacy, alcohol, adult entertainment, and private human spaceflight.

From alleged astronaut encounters and the Three Dolphin Club to Russian cognac, zero-gravity pornography, commercial space stations, and an actual cocktail glass designed for microgravity, this episode looks beyond the sanitized history of human spaceflight.

Some of the stories can be documented. Others remain rumors. Together, they reveal how commercial spaceflight could finally make room for the human activities government programs have spent decades avoiding.