May 3, 2007

On Trip to Mars, NASA Must Rethink Death

How do you get rid of the body of a dead astronaut on a three-year mission to Mars and back?

Have these people not watched any science fiction shows on space travel? Surely those shows can give them some ideas.

Then there are more interesting questions:

When should the plug be pulled on a critically ill astronaut who is using up precious oxygen and endangering the rest of the crew? Should NASA employ DNA testing to weed out astronauts who might get a disease on a long flight?

Ah, but now for the taboo issue:

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?

Well, they'll have sex. It's what humans are supposed to do. Now, the question becomes what about pregnancy?

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