Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kid: ethical implications of pregnancy on missions to colonize other planets.

IF 3.1 Q1 Arts and Humanities

Life Sciences, Society and Policy Pub Date : 2016-12-01 Epub Date: 2016-08-25 DOI:10.1186/s40504-016-0043-5

Haley Schuster, Steven L Peck

引用次数: 10

Abstract

The colonization of a new planet will inevitably bring about new bioethical issues. One is the possibility of pregnancy during the mission. During the journey to the target planet or moon, and for the first couple of years before a colony has been established and the colony has been accommodated for children, a pregnancy would jeopardize the safety of the crew and the wellbeing of the child. The principal concern with a pregnancy during an interplanetary mission is that it could put the entire crew in danger. Resources such as air, food, and medical supplies will be limited and calculated to keep the crew members alive. We explore the bioethical concerns of near-future space travel.

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火星不是那种适合抚养孩子的地方:在殖民其他星球的任务中怀孕的伦理问题。

对新星球的殖民将不可避免地带来新的生物伦理问题。其中之一是任务期间怀孕的可能性。在前往目标行星或月球的旅程中，以及在殖民地建立并容纳儿童之前的头几年，怀孕将危及机组人员的安全和儿童的福祉。在星际任务中怀孕的主要问题是它可能会使整个机组人员处于危险之中。空气、食物和医疗用品等资源将是有限的，必须经过计算才能保证机组人员的生存。我们探讨了近期太空旅行的生物伦理问题。

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