Open AccessBack to the Future: The Rise of Human Enhancement and Potential Applications for Space Missions
Author(s) -
Ben Cahill,
Martin Braddock
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
studia humana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2299-0518
DOI - 10.2478/sh-2022-0002
Subject(s) - human enhancement , perspective (graphical) , space (punctuation) , space exploration , engineering ethics , ethical issues , engineering , political science , data science , environmental ethics , computer science , aerospace engineering , artificial intelligence , operating system , philosophy
Rapid advances in biology, electronics, computer and data science have turned invention into products, changing the lives and lifestyles of millions of people around the world. This mini-review will describe some remarkable progress made over the last 10 years which serves both healthy individuals and patients alike. With a forward looking lens towards long term space missions and the potential colonisation of the Moon and Mars, we discuss three technologies under development. We conclude with a distant looking perspective on the prospect of gene mediated human enhancement and highlight the importance of aligning benefit for people on Earth with goals for future space missions and the need to establish regulatory and ethical guidelines.