> On Wed, 09 May 2007 19:27:02 GMT, "Steven L."
> earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote:
>

>> ravenlynne wrote:

>>> I've just started reading the TOS novels...the first one being the one
>>> based on the original movie. The Deltan Ilia has just arrived and the
>>> explanation about deltans leaves me a but wanting for more info...
>>>
>>> Is Starfleet medical technology not sufficient to provide some sort of
>>> prophlyactic against Deltan's pheromones?

>> If Deltan pheromones are the same as human pheromones (though MUCH more
>> concentrated and stronger), then blocking all such pheromones would be
>> the equivalent of chemical castration. Any dose strong enough to block
>> the level of Deltan pheromones would surely make hetero human men
>> totally uninterested in hetero human women too.
>>
>> That's doable with the right meds too, but not something you normally do
>> to healthy normal human beings.
>>
>> Having said that, the recent fiasco with astronaut Lisa Nowak attacking
>> her rival for her boyfriend's affections (all three of them astronauts)
>> raises the possibility of just such a violent end to a love triangle
>> taking place on a large mixed-gender crew in deep space someday. Rather
>> than chemically castrating astronauts and cosmonauts to prevent such
>> love triangles, I would much rather see the United Nations set up
>> something like Starfleet Academy to begin to train astronauts from all
>> nations in the unique nature of their work. Which would include courses
>> on ethics, law, the principles of the U.N., and professional conduct, as
>> well as the traditional sciences and engineering.

>
>
> That's what happens when you send heterosexuals into space. The next
> generation of space astronauts should be all gay and lesbian.