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Human Enhancements for Space Missions: Lunar, Martian, and Future Missions to the Outer Planets

By Konrad Szocik

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing;Springer
Year
2020
ISBN
9783030420352, 9783030420369
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-42036-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4446887 bytes)
Series
Space and Society
Edition
1st ed.
Pages
XIV, 291\295
Time added
2021-01-06 05:41:07
Physics; Space Sciences (including ExtraterrestriaSpace Exploration and Astronautics); Aerospace Tec

Description

This book presents a collection of chapters, which address various contexts and challenges of the idea of human enhancement for the purposes of human space missions. The authors discuss pros and cons of mostly biological enhancement of human astronauts operating in hostile space environments, but also ethical and theological aspects are addressed. In contrast to the idea and program of human enhancement on Earth, human enhancement in space is considered a serious and necessary option. This book aims at scholars in the following fields: ethics and philosophy, space policy, public policy, as well as biologists and psychologists.

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