TY - GEN AB - This book presents a collection of chapters, which address various contexts and challenges of the idea of human enhancement for the purposes of human space missions. The authors discuss pros and cons of mostly biological enhancement of human astronauts operating in hostile space environments, but also ethical and theological aspects are addressed. In contrast to the idea and program of human enhancement on Earth, human enhancement in space is considered a serious and necessary option. This book aims at scholars in the following fields: ethics and philosophy, space policy, public policy, as well as biologists and psychologists. AU - Szocik, Konrad, CN - QH442 CY - Cham, Switzerland : DA - 2020. DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-42 ID - 940673 KW - Genetic engineering. KW - Genetic engineering KW - Space medicine. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-42036-9 N1 - Includes index. N2 - This book presents a collection of chapters, which address various contexts and challenges of the idea of human enhancement for the purposes of human space missions. The authors discuss pros and cons of mostly biological enhancement of human astronauts operating in hostile space environments, but also ethical and theological aspects are addressed. In contrast to the idea and program of human enhancement on Earth, human enhancement in space is considered a serious and necessary option. This book aims at scholars in the following fields: ethics and philosophy, space policy, public policy, as well as biologists and psychologists. PB - Springer, PP - Cham, Switzerland : PY - 2020. SN - 9783030420369 SN - 3030420361 T1 - Human enhancements for space missions :lunar, martian, and future missions to the outer planets / TI - Human enhancements for space missions :lunar, martian, and future missions to the outer planets / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-42036-9 ER -