Space ectogenesis: securing survival of humans and Earth life with minimal risks – reply to Szocik

IF 1.7 4区物理与天体物理 Q3 ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

International Journal of Astrobiology Pub Date : 2021-05-25 DOI:10.1017/S147355042100015X

M. R. Edwards

引用次数: 1

Abstract

Assuming that securing the long-term survival of humans and Earth life is a valid goal, we briefly compare the strategies of building standard space colonies, such as on Mars, and embryo space colonization (ESC). In ESC embryos of humans and other Earth species would be sent to exoplanets and raised there via ectogenesis and android assistants. We find that the potential for securing long-term survival is far greater for ESC than for standard colonies, while the bioethical and other risks are far fewer.

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太空生殖:以最小的风险确保人类和地球生命的生存——回复肖克

假设确保人类和地球生命的长期生存是一个有效的目标，我们简要比较了在火星上建立标准太空殖民地和胚胎太空殖民地（ESC）的策略。在ESC中，人类和其他地球物种的胚胎将被送往系外行星，并通过体外生殖和机器人助手在那里长大。我们发现，ESC获得长期生存的潜力远大于标准菌落，而生物伦理和其他风险要小得多。

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International Journal of Astrobiology 地学天文-地球科学综合

CiteScore

3.70

自引率

11.80%

发文量

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： International Journal of Astrobiology is the peer-reviewed forum for practitioners in this exciting interdisciplinary field. Coverage includes cosmic prebiotic chemistry, planetary evolution, the search for planetary systems and habitable zones, extremophile biology and experimental simulation of extraterrestrial environments, Mars as an abode of life, life detection in our solar system and beyond, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, the history of the science of astrobiology, as well as societal and educational aspects of astrobiology. Occasionally an issue of the journal is devoted to the keynote plenary research papers from an international meeting. A notable feature of the journal is the global distribution of its authors.