Szocik, K;
Shelhamer, M;
Braddock, M;
Cucinotta, FA;
Impey, C;
Worden, P;
Peters, T;
... Munévar, G; + view all
(2021)
Future Space Missions and Human Enhancement: Medical and Ethical Challenges.
Futures
, 133
, Article 102819. 10.1016/j.futures.2021.102819.
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Abstract
Future human space missions to Mars and beyond may be realized for different research, economic, political or survival reasons. Since space remains a hazardous environment for humans, space exploration and exploitation requires the development and deployment of effective countermeasures. In this paper, we discuss prospects for human enhancement by gene editing, synthetic biology, or implants, for the purposes of future space missions. We argue that there are good reasons to consider such options, and that ethical arguments can be made in favor of human enhancement to enable long-term space exploration.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Future Space Missions and Human Enhancement: Medical and Ethical Challenges |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.futures.2021.102819 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2021.102819 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. under a Creative Commons license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Space missions, Space settlement, Human enhancement, Gene editing, CRISPR, Synthetic biology, Bioethics |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10132975 |
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