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Augmented Astronauts Needed for Deep Space Missions

Posted by michael on from the seven-of-nine dept.

A random reader writes "IEEE is carrying a story about how 'extended space missions' may require a little forced evolution, or BORGIFYING. Humans must have additional abilities via implanted technologies (repair bones, monitor radiation levels). Machines must become more organic (fixing themselves, etc)."

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  1. Launch criminals instead! by EvilStein · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Just let people that are on Death Row volunteer for a Mission to Mars. Heck, it's probably cheaper to build a spacecraft than to house them for life.

    It worked for Australia, didn't it? :P