NASA tackles ethics of deep space exploration

TheTony writes: With long-term projects like manned Mars exploration on the horizon, NASA has begun discussing previously taboo subjects. Ethical and practical questions involving illness, death, genetic profiling and astronaut relations and behavior in space need to be addressed, as NASA begins to consider new policies with these extended missions in mind. http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/05/01/death.in. space.ap/index.html