Using ethic frameworks for decisions about health standards on long duration spaceflights

Using ethic frameworks for decisions about health standards on long duration spaceflights
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 04, 2014 - NASA should use an ethics framework when deciding whether, and under what conditions, spaceflights that venture outside low Earth orbit or extend beyond 30 days are acceptable if they do not meet current health standards, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine, the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences. Exceptions to existing health standards should be granted by NASA on ... more

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