| Title: | Health standards for long duration and exploration spaceflight : ethics principles, responsibilities, and decision framework |
| Authors: | Jeffrey P. Kahn, Editor ; Catharyn T. Liverman, Editor ; Margaret A. McCoy, Editor |
| Material Type: | eBook |
| Publisher: | Washington : The National Academies Press, 2014 |
| ISBN / ISSN / EAN : | 978-0-309-29658-8 |
| Size: | 1 online resource (xiii, 172 p.) |
| Bibliography note: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Languages: | English |
| Class number: | RC1137 |
| Subjects: | Astronauts--Health risk assessment ; Manned space flight--Moral and ethical aspects--United States ; Manned space flight--Risk management--United States ; Outer space--Exploration--Moral and ethical aspects ; Space Flight--ethics--United States |
| Description: | Since its inception, the U.S. human spaceflight program has grown from launching a single man into orbit to an ongoing space presence involving numerous crewmembers. As the U.S. space program evolves, propelled in part by increasing international and commercial collaborations, long duration or exploration spaceflights - such as extended stays on the International Space Station or missions to Mars - become more realistic. These types of missions will likely expose crews to levels of known risk that are beyond those allowed by current health standards, as well as to a range of risks that are poorly characterized, uncertain, and perhaps unforeseeable. As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Congress discuss the next generation of NASA's missions and the U.S. role in international space efforts, it is important to understand the ethical factors that drive decision making about health standards and mission design for NASA activities |
| Contents note: | Introduction -- NASA risk management and health standards -- Health risks -- Risk acceptance and responsibilities in human spaceflight and terrestrial activities -- Recommendations for ethics principles -- Recommendations for ethics responsibilities and decision framework |
| Access: | http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=18576 |
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