Human enhancement in space missions: From moral controversy to technological duty

Konrad Szocik and Tomasz Wójtowicz

Technology in Society, 2019, vol. 59, issue C

Abstract: Human space missions form an area of human life in which methods of more or less radical human enhancement should be taken into account. The space environment offers strong reasons for enhancement because of its hazardous nature. Radical forms of human enhancements in space, including gene editing or brain-computer interfaces (BCI), should be considered by long-term mission planners. The paper discusses various forms of human enhancement, such as pharmacology, cyborgization and gene editing, and states that many arguments and objections to human enhancement discussed on Earth are not applicable to the context of enhancement procedures for human space missions.

Keywords: Human space missions; Human enhancement; Pharmacology; Cyborgization; Gene editing; Future studies; Future technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2019.101156

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