Blog #12: Ethical limitations on Science. ‘SENDING PEOPLE TO THE RED PANET’


NASA is preparing to send a manned mission to Mars, over the 6-month journey to the red planet NASA intends to put the crew of 5 people into a deep hibernation sleep for 180 days out of the 6months of travel.

Although this will encounter several ethical limitations concerning essentially taking away 5months of someone’s life, while in transit to another planet. Initial proposals presented the idea of sending manned missions to Mars with the intention of remaining there for the rest of their lives. In that instance, the people have already chosen to give up their lives for exploration. Then talking 5 months to waste doesn’t look so bad and then, until the astronauts decide not to work anymore and at that point, they certainly do become a waste of life potential.  

This scheme while highly debatable will be pursued by scientists. They should because as humans we have a need to satisfy curiosity and for us to gather new information about the universe we live in. while people have concerns and criticize these programs heavily, there is still a large supply of people who are willing to go forward with the exploration. So the concerns are outweighed.

The pressure to continue with this research is coming from within the international scientific community. We hear about the space race to Mars. The United States, Russia, China as well as several private space companies are racing to be able to claim to be the first to the Red Planet. Although this pressure may be so large that it gets people to overlook many details though critical to be able to launch at an earlier date.
I like to assemble the thesis that for something to get good, someone must do it first. Justifiable as we all want to win, and that is the whole driving force for many of the things we do.  Although once the finish line is crossed it is only crossed for one group, as for the rest the focus now shifts to doing things better.

In science coming up with novel idea or theory Is great can have a 48% rate of failure, as the others who don’t necessarily come up with something new and just do something that is different and better and that yields a failure rare at just 8%. So understanding no just scientifically, methodologies but also the plain reason, the chain of events that Is occurring is happening towards a greater good, form a utilitarian aspect some people will need to essentially die for the rest of humanity to explore life beyond our planet.  

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