ABSTRACT
Who of human or robot has its place in space? The robot, because it can replace human beings for exploration missions that are always particularly dangerous both for the health and the safety of astronauts. But human also tends to gain a place in space, when he can be assisted by the robot as a tool that facilitates his work, or when the machine can serve as a medium to extend humanity to the confines of the universe. All these hypotheses raise ethical and legal questions to which the article gives some solutions.
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Artificial Intelligence , Astronauts , Robotics , Space Flight/ethics , Artificial Intelligence/ethics , Artificial Intelligence/legislation & jurisprudence , Astronauts/legislation & jurisprudence , Humans , Morals , Robotics/ethics , Robotics/legislation & jurisprudenceSubject(s)
Federal Government , Space Flight/economics , Space Flight/trends , Astronauts/economics , Astronauts/legislation & jurisprudence , Astronauts/trends , Space Flight/legislation & jurisprudence , United States , United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration/economics , United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration/legislation & jurisprudence , United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration/organization & administrationABSTRACT
On 15 September 2000 in Washington DC, the Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB), the highest-level cooperative body established by the Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) pertaining to the International Space Station (ISS) Programme signed early in 1998 by NASA and each of the Cooperating Agencies designated by the other ISS Partners (i.e. the Russian Space Agency, ESA, the Government of Japan and the Canadian Space Agency), approved the Code of Conduct for International Space Station Crews. This document contains a set of standards agreed by all Partners to govern the conduct of ISS crew members, starting with the first expedition crew launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on 31 October 2000. These standards had been developed over the previous six months by teams of Agency officials, working in close consultation with the competent authorities of the Partner States.
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Astronauts/legislation & jurisprudence , Astronauts/standards , Behavior , Space Flight/legislation & jurisprudence , Space Flight/standards , Canada , Europe , Humans , International Agencies , International Cooperation , Japan , Russia , Spacecraft , United States , United States National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationABSTRACT
NASA is issuing new regulations entitled "International Space Station Crew," to implement certain provisions of the International Space Station (ISS) Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) regarding ISS crewmembers' observance of an ISS Code of Conduct.
