Between Los Angeles recording sessions of narrating the "Quantum Fiction" exploits of her delectable navel-less heroine Aira Flight for audio book, it seems "Flight" author Vanna Bonta has been designing garments for having sex in outer space.

Called the 2Suit, Bonta came up with the design through personal experience flying in lunar, Mars, and zero gravity.

When she was in zero gravity, flipping repeated somersaults was apparently as easy for Bonta as thinking about it, a report quotes, but kissing and staying connected in microgravity was a struggle.

According to Bonta, who took time to appear on a "Sex in Space" panel of experts at a New Space convention in Las Vegas last week, function and beauty are the basis of life throughout the Cosmos. If humankind is to settle the final frontier, they're going to need both.

Fashion Talk describes the functional flight suit that connects two people, "Roominess inside can further be increased or decreased through additional zips and lightweight fabric. It offers a space within space where couples can float in weightlessness and cuddle without the effort of trying to stay connected when making love. With imaginations like Bonta's, the future is a warm place."

MSNBC science editor covers the conference in a report that has sparked inspiration and global conversation, "Outer space sex carries complications." (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14002908/ )

A few net conversations blogged brimstone over the "outer space sex " headline, jumping to kinky galactic conclusions, perhaps momentarily forgetting that sex is how humans are born. The MSNBC coverage of the panel, which included NASA physician James Logan, reports recommendations that call for conclusive testing to determine the amount of gravity needed for bearing children and raising families in outer space.

"Sex in space is not just a good idea, it's survival," said Bonta.

There's more on the subject coming out this month in a book by panelist Laura Woodmansee, "Sex in Space."

It remains to be seen whether the 2Suit will lead to the 3Suit and 4Suit for humankind, but there's no doubt that dreaming vagabond Bonta continues to intrigue and inspire the media her poetic idealism has tried to avoid.