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Human Enhancements for Space Missions

Lunar, Martian, and Future Missions to the Outer Planets

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  • © 2020

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Editors:
  1. Konrad Szocik

    1. Department of Social Sciences, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Rzeszów, Poland

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  • A unique book discussing the idea of human enhancement for purposes of space missions
  • The best guide in rationale and the future directions for human space missions
  • Points out radical ethical challenges of manned deep-space missions

Part of the book series: Space and Society (SPSO)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Human Enhancements: Biological and Medical Perspectives. Conceptual Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Normalizing the Paradigm on Human Enhancements for Spaceflight

      • Margaret Boone Rappaport, Christopher J. Corbally
      Pages 3-17

    3. CRISPR Challenges and Opportunities for Space Travel

      • Arvin M. Gouw
      Pages 19-34

    4. Biological Modification as Prophylaxis: How Extreme Environments Challenge the Treatment/Enhancement Divide

      • Evie Kendal
      Pages 35-46

    5. Crossing the Posthuman Rubicon: When Do Enhancements Change Our Definition of Human?

      • Steven Abood
      Pages 47-70

    6. Limitations for Extraterrestrial Colonisation and Civilisation Built and the Potential for Human Enhancements

      • Martin Braddock
      Pages 71-93

    7. Human Enhancements: New Eyes and Ears for Mars

      • Mark Shelhamer
      Pages 95-103

    8. Human Enhancement from the Overview Effect in Long-Duration Space Flights

      • Andrew B. Newberg, David B. Yaden
      Pages 105-111

    9. Science and Ethics in the Human-Enhanced Exploration of Mars

      • Gonzalo Munévar
      Pages 113-124

    10. Interstellar Missions and Human Enhancement

      • Simon P. Worden
      Pages 125-128

    11. Anti-Aging Medicine as a Game Changer for Long-Lasting Space Missions

      • Riccardo Campa
      Pages 129-148

  3. Human Enhancements: Philosophical and Moral Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Two Planets, One Species: Does a Mission to Mars Alter the Balance in Favour of Human Enhancement?

      • Ziba Norman, Michael J. Reiss
      Pages 151-167

    3. Virtue Ethics and the Value of Saving Humanity

      • Koji Tachibana
      Pages 169-181

    4. Ethical Problems of Life Extension for Space Exploration

      • Tony Milligan, Shin-ichiro Inaba
      Pages 183-200

    5. The Accessible Universe: On the Choice to Require Bodily Modification for Space Exploration

      • James S. J. Schwartz
      Pages 201-215

    6. Who’s Afraid of Little Green Men? Genetic Enhancement for Off-World Settlements

      • Kelly C. Smith, Caleb Hylkema
      Pages 217-237

    7. Evolving from Earthlings into Martians?

      • Ted Peters
      Pages 239-251

    8. Human Enhancement and Mars Settlement—Biological Necessity or Science-Fiction? The Special Case of Biomedical Moral Enhancement for Future Space Missions

      • Konrad Szocik
      Pages 253-264
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This book presents a collection of chapters, which address various contexts and challenges of the idea of human enhancement for the purposes of human space missions. The authors discuss pros and cons of mostly biological enhancement of human astronauts operating in hostile space environments, but also ethical and theological aspects are addressed. In contrast to the idea and program of human enhancement on Earth, human enhancement in space is considered a serious and necessary option. This book aims at scholars in the following fields: ethics and philosophy, space policy, public policy, as well as biologists and psychologists.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Social Sciences, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Rzeszów, Poland

    Konrad Szocik

About the editor

Konrad Szocik (born 1985 in Żary, Poland) received his PhD in Philosophy (Faculty of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland). Currently, he is assistant professor at the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów, and editor of the “Studia Humana” journal. Research areas include space philosophy and space ethics (mainly the idea of human enhancement for space), and cognitive and evolutionary study of religion.

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