Whoosh! Breaking a new space barrier.
November 13, 2011 by admin
Filed under Choosing Lingerie
There have been some great moments in space exploration.
The first manned flight into space in 1961.
The moon landing in 1969.
The Hubble space telescope launch in 1993.
And now, in 2011, the first sex toy launch into space.
Some may doubt whether this latest milestone ranks with those others, but no matter. It’s generated lots of publicity for an online sex toy shop.
On Oct. 8, SexToy.com launched the vibrating bullet, a vibrator, into space, reaching a peak speed of 1,800 feet per minute and hitting a maximum altitude of 120,000 feet.
Then came the ride down. It was a rough one.
For its descent the vibrator was attached to a solar-powered helium balloon. The balloon was to slow the pace of descent, so the device would hit the ground at between 5 mph and 10 mph.
But the balloon popped about two-thirds of the way back to earth. The vibrator hit the ground at 60 mph.
But no loss. The device was still vibrating after the crash, and in fact had vibrated the entire nine hours of the trip, a testament to the quality and durability of the product under the roughest of conditions.
Unlike previous space launches, the SexToy.com project was not motivated by an urge to break new scientific ground. It was not intended as a big step, or even a small step, for mankind.
The aim was more modest: to generate publicity for SexToy.com’s wares, and it did the job admirably, lighting up the internet in lively discussion.
As with so many such bold ventures, there were and are many doubters, and in fact an online debate has raged over whether the launch actually happened. Some have accused SexToy of engaging in a hoax.
The online shop dismisses all such suggestions, pointing to the video as evidence.
It’s already planning a second foray into the heavens.
“The success of this launch has our team planning the next space endeavor,” says Sextoy CEO Dave Levin.
“We may be launching a sex doll into space to serve as an extraterrestrial representative ‘baring’ the slogan, ‘We Come in Peace.’”
In a gesture to those who found the first launch offensive, Sextoy is auctioning off the space-traveling vibrator on eBay, with proceeds going to a breast cancer awareness charity in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
