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Health standards for long duration and exploration spaceflight ethics principles, responsibilities, and decision framework

"Since its inception, the U.S. human spaceflight program has grown from launching a single man into orbit to an ongoing space presence involving numerous crewmembers. As the U.S. space program evolves, propelled in part by increasing international and commercial collaborations, long duration or...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Committee on Ethics Principles and Guidelines for Health Standards for Long Duration and Exploration Spaceflights, Institute of Medicine (U.S.)
Other Authors: Kahn, Jeffrey P. (Editor), Liverman, Catharyn T. (Editor), McCoy, Margaret A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. The National Academies Press 2014, [2014]
Subjects:
United States
Astronauts
Space Flight / Ethics
Risk Assessment
Aerospace Medicine / Standards
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographic references
  • Introduction
  • NASA risk management and health standards
  • Health risks
  • Risk acceptance and responsibilities in human spaceflight and terrestrial activities
  • Recommendations for ethics principles
  • Recommendations for ethics responsibilities and decision framework

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