December 2019
Human conception and childbirth in space
... JAXA, to name just a few. Much of this research focused on animals. Ethical concerns Pioneering and innovating work in this field naturally encounters resistance from both ethical and religious perspectives. When IVF was invented 40 years ago it had...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
... of California Press 17 Redfield, P. (2004). On the Values Frontier: Ethics and Criminal Conduct in Outer Space. In: ECSL, ESA, UNESCO Joint Symposium on the Legal and ethical framework for astronauts in space sojourns. [online] Paris: UNESCO...
July 2020
Are we entering a post-Overview Effect era?
...this means humanity expanding into the universe, and to do so following a global ‘template’ that will move us beyond the engineering and technical challenges to take on the ethical and moral challenges of a massive human migration off-planet. To help...
26 February 2018
Space Architecture Education for Engineers and Architects
... curricula. Of course, in that sense, architecture has something in common with law, policy, ethics and a multitude of other subjects that space scientists and engineers should learn something about. Coupled with the current reality of an expandable...
26 October 2021
Blue Origin and Sierra Space announce development of a commercial space station
... than a dozen universities to work on the ethics and guidelines of research — on how we can bring to bear all our expertise in science and research and manufacturing in low gravity, to help nations, corporations and groups that want access to Orbital...
May 2018
Space safety – the problem with dual hatting
...routinely in a dual hat situation. To ensure safety, physicians are controlled with licensing, mandatory protocols, medical ethics and at the end of the day, malpractice litigation. But in the bureaucratic administration of government programmes such...
