Prioritizing scientific exploration: A comparison of the ethical justifications for space development and for space science |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1 7HX, UK;2. The Centre for Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck, Gower Street, London WC1 6BT, UK;3. Space Generation Advisory Council, c/o ESPI, Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna A-1030, Austria;4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1 6BT, UK;1. Warwick Business School, Scarman Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom;2. Strategic Opportunities & Partnership Development, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, United States |
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| Abstract: | I argue that the moral justification for space science is more compelling than the moral justification for space development. Thus, we ought to reemphasize the status of science as a major stakeholder in space, especially when entertaining policies which might encourage the kinds of space development activities (e.g. resource exploitation) that are liable to conflict with the scientific uses of space. |
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| Keywords: | Space science Space development Ethics Space policy |
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