I am very happy to highlight the publication of Space Policy 30(4). This is a Special Issue on “Space Ethics”, guest edited by Tony Mulligan, author of “Nobody Owns the Moon” (2014). The issue includes several Viewpoints and Full Research Articles relating to Space Ethics, as well as two Reports.
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Introduction:
“Space Ethics in Context” (Guest Editor Tony Mulligan)
Viewpoints:
“The Explorer’s Complex” (Jacques Arnould)
“Two modest proposals for propelling NASA forward” (Loizos Heracleous, Steven A. Gonzalez)
“Private property rights on asteroid resources: Assessing the legality of the ASTEROIDS Act” (Fabio Tronchetti)
Full Length Articles
“Space exploration and human survival” (Gonzalo Munévar)
“Prioritizing scientific exploration: A comparison of the ethical justifications for space development and for space science” (James S.J. Schwartz)
“Manifest complexity: A foundational ethic for astrobiology?” (Kelly C. Smith)
“Extraterrestrial environmental impact assessments – A foreseeable prerequisite for wise decisions regarding outer space exploration, research and development” (William R. Kramer)
Reports
“European Space Policy Institute’s Seventh Annual Autumn Conference highlights” (Robert C. Harding)
“Technology foresight in practice: A proposal for Turkish space vision” (Gülin Dede, Mehmet Akçay)
Photo: Jill Stuart (2014)
