A sex toy will thrust its way into space this summer as a Japanese adult firm sets out to find out how the device performs during spaceflight and in zero gravity.
The space shot is a collaboration between male masturbation aid designer Tenga and civilian spaceflight company Interstellar Technologies Inc.
The ‘Tenga Rocket’ will lift off from the Hokkaido Spaceport in north Japan within the next month, depending on weather conditions, and reach an altitude of 62 miles up.
The large red rocket will carry a specially-modified TENGA Cup device, which the firm alleges will cumulate data on the conditions it experiences in space.
On board will be also be two cute action figures — a transforming ‘TENGA Robo’ and an ‘Egg dog’, which are styled after two of the brand’s popular masturbation sleeves.
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It will also carry 1,000 messages from the project’s supporters, who helped fund the launch to the tune of ¥1,833,680 (£12,000) via the crowdfunding site Campfire.
The Tenga Rocket will carry messages from our fans and supporters of the project to space — messages of love and freedom from people around the world,’ Tenga president Koichi Matsumoto told IFLScience.
‘Since the company was founded, I’ve firmly believed that there will eventually be a huge need for TENGA in space.
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‘Sexuality and its needs are always a part of us, and so I want to take this opportunity, through my chance encounter with [Interstellar Technologies Inc founder] Takafumi Horie, as our first step into space-product development.
‘Some day perhaps, we’ll be able to create something that the likes of NASA will want to incorporate into their endeavours in space.’
Source: Daily Mail
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