Scientists plan to perform IVF in orbiting 'bio-satellite' in first step towards space babies

For the moment, however, the team is focusing on using rodent genetic material in the knowledge that regulatory approval has previously been given to experiments dating back as far as the 1980s and later on the International Space Station examining the mating behaviour of rats in space.

Speaking during the Asgardia presentation, he said: “Eventually we need to address this threat and maybe even a lot sooner than we think. Maybe in the next couple of hundred years, or even the next few decades, some person will press a red button and start a nuclear war. There are these threats to human life on Earth that can be addressed by becoming a post-planetary or multi-planetary species.”

David Cullen, Cranfield’s professor of astrobiology and space biotechnology, who has been advising the Dutch company on space engineering and the structure of the ARTIS scheme, said the team had been careful to ensure that the conditions in space for the IVF procedure – for example, taking place in normal “1G” gravity as opposed to zero or “microgravity” – would be as similar to those in an earthbound clinic as possible.

Dr Edelbroek says he understands and accepts the need for “absolute safety” in any spaceborne human IVF procedure, pointing out that the project’s goal is for embryos to be returned to Earth not for science but to be implanted for normal pregnancies – and ultimately to ensure the survival of extra-planetary humanity.

The self-styled Space Kingdom of Asgardia sets itself the goal of creating a “new space humanity” to be housed in a series of extra-planetary colonies in locations including man-made “Arks” orbiting above Earth and even new planets.

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