December 2019
Human conception and childbirth in space
.... Fortunately, many research groups are working on mitigating these risks to protect future astronauts, space tourists and inhabitants of future space settlements. Regarding radiation, for example, we are happy to be able use the latest radiation...
April 2021
On Mars as it is on Earth - preparing for settlement
...the 1989 novel and BBC television serial Stark by British comedian Ben Elton). Arguably, this criticism of space settlement is nonsensical when examined in detail. It is literally not within human technical capabilities to remove more than 99 percent...
November 2021
The philosophy of space missions today
... philosophy, that it is not worth causing future humans to exist if their living conditions are intolerable. The concept of space settlement thus implies a population ethic, but it is not only concerned with the question of future overpopulation...
May 2020
An ethical code for living in space
..., we will make sure that other life forms also become integrated into life in space. Settlement in space - it is our moral obligation to settle in space for the benefit of future generations, but this time we will begin with a code of ethics prior...
July 2019
Settling the final frontier
...that will enable the betterment of human life on Earth as well as the expansion of humanity into space. Settlement includes space resource utilisation, space fuel depots, research outposts, and more. It’s about taking the best of our civilization and...
April 2025
A bun in the (space) oven - Reasons not to get pregnant while going around Earth at 7.8 kilometres per second
... experiments have in common is that they aren’t run for long enough to be useful for the study of space settlements. If the goal is generations in space, it’s not enough to show that conception and birth are possible - we need to know those babies...
