Non - Earthlings

SpaceLife Origin plans Birth of First Extraterrestrial Baby

Scientists are looking for women willing to give birth in space

Vladimir Guillen, Naked Science

Humanity dreams of colonizing the Solar System and is gradually preparing for it, but scientists believe that in order to implement such large-scale plans, it is necessary to know how space affects various aspects of the human body. Researchers from the SpaceLife Origins project are looking for female volunteers willing to give birth away from Earth.

The experiment is planned to be conducted in 2024. If everything goes well, then for the first time in the history of our planet, a "non-earthman" will be born (that is, a person who was born outside the Earth).

"If humanity wants to become a multi–planetary species, it is necessary to understand how to reproduce in space," says Kees Mulder, founder and CEO of SpaceLife Origin.

Before the birth in 2024, SpaceLife Origin will conduct several preliminary tests. Now the company is developing a "space incubator for embryos": they plan to put human sperm and eggs into it and send it into space in 2021. As soon as the incubator is in space, the eggs will be fertilized – and the development of the embryo will begin. Four days after the launch, the device will return to Earth, where the fertilized eggs will be artificially injected into the uterine cavity, and then the delivery will follow at the appointed time.

SpaceLife Ark Incubator Concept

Three years after the tests, one or more pregnant women will go into space, where they will give birth to the first form of life away from their home planet.

"During a 24-36-hour mission, a woman will give birth 250 miles above the Ground (about 400 kilometers. – Editor's note) accompanied by a world–class trained medical team, - says the representative of the company. "A carefully prepared and controlled process, similar to earthly Western standards for mother and child, will reduce all possible risks."

SpaceLife Origin notes that this experiment is not cheap. The company claims that the conception of an embryo in space alone can cost about five million dollars, and the birth – even more.

The search for volunteers will start in 2022.

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