Ethicists Tell NASA How To Weigh Hazards Of Space Travel

On 4/5/14 4:05 PM, Al Globus wrote:

>> an asteroid means that NASA will have to grant exceptions to its
>> current standards for protecting astronauts from radiation and other
>> health risks, an expert panel warned on Wednesday.
>
> Not if that asteroid has been placed in lunar orbit. Then its only a
> couple of days each way.

Or, in some ways better yet, if the asteroid has landed (perhaps on its
own) on the lunar surface [1].

Best,
- Joe

[1] http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v6/n6/full/ngeo1828.html