Space Policy Edition: The Tricky Ethics of Space Settlement
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
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Are We All Disabled in Space?
The European Space Agency is starting a new program to test whether space travelers with a certain specific set of disabilities can accomplish these astronaut tasks. At some point disability comes first all if we live long enough, he says. "It just makes sense to keep thinking about accessibility in our design for space habitats" He asks: How do we accommodate private enterprise and private individuals being on the vanguard of space settlement when expectations don't apply or at least are hard to enforce?
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