When will the first baby be born in space?

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When will the first baby be born in space?

Just put me in a capsule with one of the space ladies and you'll get your answer pretty quickly.

Interesting article about the possibilities in the near future, of course the ethical problems would need to be addressed first but it is likely this generation will be able to see the first human being born (maybe even conceived?) in space.

When will the first baby be born in space?

I'm going to say October 17th, 2043, at 7:15am GMT, with a margin of error of 20 minutes.

The author refers to a "lunar station." What exactly does he mean by this? Something akin to the International Space Station, only in orbit around the moon? From what I have read, there are unique challenges to keeping an object in orbit around the moon.

I think no one yet knows how much of a problem micro-gravity poses to a pregnancy, but as for the hazards of radiation, I think a permanent colony would need to be underground, or inside an asteroid. Perhaps it would be possible to maintain a strong electromagnetic shield, if one carried along a sizable nuclear reactor.

Space ain’t no place to raise your kid sic