NASA Tackles Ethics of Deep-Space Exploration

TheTony writes "With long-term projects like manned Mars exploration on the horizon, NASA has begun discussing previously taboo subjects. Ethical and practical questions involving illness, death, genetic profiling, and astronaut relations and behavior in space need to be addressed, as NASA begins to consider new policies with these extended missions in mind." From the article: "One topic that is evidently too hot to handle: How do you cope with sexual desire among healthy young men and women during a mission years long?"

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[Hennell]

Whilst that might solve that problem, it creates a whole lot more. This article details some of the complications that the physics of zero gravity might bring.
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My habit of ending sentences with prepositions is over.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_nitrate

[weierstrass]

A popular misconception is that potassium nitrate is an anaphrodisiac and was added to food in all-male institutions. In fact, potassium nitrate has no such effect in humans.