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Eventually we will need to get off from this rock or face extinction; however I do not see the need to determine the viability of zero-g offspring in the near future. Once we find a suitable new home to send a life raft of humanity towards, and actually need to start planning on a multi-generational journey out to some new planetary system multiple light years away.. then sure it might be a good time to figure this out (although I am thinking that more likely than not there would be artificial gravity on the ship).
Having a kid just for the sake of seeing what happens is much less ethical than a purposeful endeavor to do so to in order to insure the long term survival of our species - A bridge to be crossed when we get to it.
And I have a very bad mental image of a pair of dogs trying to hump in zero-g now thanks to people suggesting we test it on animals first (which I agree to as well.. ideally first see what happens with fertilized chicken eggs, and then mice, and then consider getting the dogs up there for their zero-g humpfest)
Having a kid just for the sake of seeing what happens is much less ethical than a purposeful endeavor to do so to in order to insure the long term survival of our species - A bridge to be crossed when we get to it.
And I have a very bad mental image of a pair of dogs trying to hump in zero-g now thanks to people suggesting we test it on animals first (which I agree to as well.. ideally first see what happens with fertilized chicken eggs, and then mice, and then consider getting the dogs up there for their zero-g humpfest)