All Trekkies are familiar with unavoidable ethical dilemmas in deep space. Now a Dutch group called Mars One is seeking to create them by sending four volunteers to establish a settlement on Mars in April 2023. It will be a one-way trip.
A number of big technology companies are interested in contributing to Mars One, and some big names are publicising it. Gerard ‘t Hooft, a Dutch Nobel laureate in physics, says: “This project seems to me to be the only way to fulfill dreams of mankind’s expansion into space”.
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A one-way trip to Mars, funded from the rights to a reality TV show, raises many bioethical issues.