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Ethics

Building an ethical consensus for space exploration

27 Nov 2019
Taken from the November 2019 issue of Physics World.

With plans for a human mission to Mars under way, Monica Vidaurri warns that there can be no progress without first tackling the ethics of human space travel

Progress needs principles: Artist’s impression of SpaceX’s Starship approaching Mars. (Courtesy:

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Monica Vidaurri is an astrobiologist and policy and ethics specialist who consults for NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, e-mail monavidaurri@gmail.com
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