Astrobiology and Society in Europe

Dunér, David; Čápová, Klara Anna; Gargaud, Muriel; Geppert, Wolf D.; Keresztúri, A.; Persson, Erik

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-96265-8_2

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“…However, this argument applies also to robotic elements, whereas the amount of contamination (despite proper cleaning efforts on Earth) increases with the mass of the rovers. Hence-besides ethical and societal arguments (e.g., Dunér et al, 2018;Szocik, 2019)-we argue that the expected benefits of including human explorers outweigh the risks from a primarily scientific perspective.…”

Section: Human Element Controversies and Science As An Early Mission Design Drivermentioning

confidence: 95%

Planetary Analog Field Operations as a Learning Tool

Groemer

Ozdemir

2020

Front. Astron. Space Sci.

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Mars and Moon analog field missions are established tools to investigate the potential of instruments, workflows, materials, and human factors for characterizing the astrobiological potential and geoscientific context of planetary surfaces. Historically, there is a broad spectrum on both the scientific focus and the performance parameters for analog missions. This applies specifically where performance parameters of coordinated deployment of mission assets (e.g., rovers, human crewmembers, or scientific instruments) are studied. We argue that scientific priorities and workflows shall be consolidated at an early planning stage of deep space missions such as during phase-0 or phase-A studies, while they can still impact the mission architecture design process. It is to be expected that a human-robotic mission to Mars or the Moon will include multiple field assets such as human explorers, robotic vehicles including aerial reconnaissance, mobility assets, habitat modules, stationary instruments, and engineering elements for power, communication, and in-situ resource utilization. These require more complex asset coordination compared to single-rover planetary missions. Therefore, we advocate an "Exploration Cascade," which helps to manage these multiple assets to optimize the scientific return of planetary surface missions, to search for extinct and/or extant traces of life, and to characterize the geoscientific context of the sites of interest.

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Section: Human Element Controversies and Science As An Early Mission Design Drivermentioning

confidence: 95%

Planetary Analog Field Operations as a Learning Tool

Groemer

Ozdemir

2020

Front. Astron. Space Sci.

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“…Training in astrobiology at the university level is of particular importance because astrobiology provides fundamental and intriguing research questions for students and early-stage researchers, questions that cannot be tackled by anyone discipline alone. Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary training is therefore important to educate researchers capable of working on these issues (Dunér et al ., 2018).…”

Section: Reinforcement Of the Approach Sought By Unesco In Astrobiologymentioning

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Astrobiology and its influence on the renewal of the way we see the world from the teloempathic, educational and astrotheological perspective

Chon-Torres

2020

International Journal of Astrobiology

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There is a record of the positive effects of astrobiological research for the natural sciences and eventually for their technological use on Earth. However, on the philosophical effects, this is not as visible as the other sciences, which is why it can be assumed that it is a waste of time speculating on astrobioethics or also on the philosophy of astrobiology. This is the reason why this work seeks to identify and sustain the philosophical utility of astrobioethics. To achieve this, this article focuses on three essential aspects: teloempathy, education and astrotheology. Russell's argument about the value of philosophy will be used as a fundamental basis for the usefulness of astrobioethics.

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“…How should this be politically managed and how should it be legally regulated? (Dunér et al, 2018) The problems posed by the humanities within the astrobiology are those that represent a social and educational interest. They share interests of the same nature.…”

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“…How should this be politically managed and how should it be legally regulated? (Dunér et al ., 2018)…”

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Astrobioethics: a brief discussion from the epistemological, religious and societal dimension

Chon-Torres

2019

International Journal of Astrobiology

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As astrobiology progresses in its quest to discover life on other planets or to put ourselves in another one, so does its moral problematic. Astrobiology is not only part of natural sciences, but also deals with direct aspects of humanities. For this reason, this paper aims to briefly examine astrobioethics from the epistemological, religious and societal dimension. It also deals with different researches in this regard, in order to better understand the state of the art on this topic and that astrobioethics can help us not only on how we should relate with extraterrestrial lifeforms, but even with terrestrials.

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Astrobiology and Society in Europe

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Planetary Analog Field Operations as a Learning Tool

Planetary Analog Field Operations as a Learning Tool

Astrobiology and its influence on the renewal of the way we see the world from the teloempathic, educational and astrotheological perspective

Astrobioethics: a brief discussion from the epistemological, religious and societal dimension

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