Big Balloons

--- In spacesettlers, wrote:

> wow! and here I thought my parents where just plain-Jane
> earth-bound folks... to hear from you that I was conceived before
> sputnik, off the planet, makes me damn special and obviously defacto
> more of an expert on non-earth things than most...
>
> :-))

:-)) indeed. I never claimed that you or anybody else was conceived
in space. You asked about the mechanics of sex, and I suggesting
asking your parents, as this is where most people learn such things.
I write about sex-ed teachers, but I don't claim to be one.

> I wonder who they used to steady them initially in the center of the
> space so that there was no left over momentum from just getting
> orientated and spatially situated,

They could do this themselves with a little practice, so I suggest
that they do this every chance that they get. Starting in their early
teens.
It wouldn't be so bad if they started with a little momentum, knowing
that bumping into things GENTLY is not a problem. Happens on Earth
all the time. Maybe coat the walls with Nerf?
Beginners could always opt for a sleeping bag attached to a soft wall.

> and how wise it was of them to turn off the air-circulation blowers
> that keep pockets of carbon dioxide from forming around them...

Well if they are bounding all over the enclosure, they wouldn't stay
inside a CO2 pocket long enough to matter. Also, the blowers could be
left on, as long as said blowers are gentle.

> I guess the straps and belts suggested didn't do it for you...?

Were there pics, or a link? If so, I somehow missed it.

> I'm amazed at your expertise on the subject.

As a geek, I think about sex a lot. Most of this stuff only takes a
little thought.

> I guess it will preclude coyote ugly situations, i.e. having to
> chew off an appendage rather than awaken a "body" lying on ones arm"

Indeed. The problem would be getting to the other side of the room
and/or out of that sleeping bag w/o waking the other person up.