NASA Tackles Ethics of Deep-Space Exploration

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 1, 2007 @10:35PM from the triage-a-long-way-from-home dept.

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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Re:Couples? by kasin · 2007-05-01 23:37 · Score: 5, Interesting

I work with my wife in the same room, metres away. I am her boss. We are within metres of each other nearly 24 hours a day.

The secret? Knowing when the other person needs personal space and giving it to them. Same house, different headphones.