Bioethics for space travel

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/05/01/death.in.space.ap/index.html

Some interesting questions here. What policies would you suggest? Does the mission always come first? To what extent should Federal laws as to workplace discrimination and individual rights be relaxed - or even waived - on a manned Mars mission, for instance?

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