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UNSW Canberra Space
School of Engineering & IT
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Canberra BC ACT 2610
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Space Ethics is concerned with examining the idea that just because we CAN do certain things in space, it doesn't mean we OUGHT to do them. Space ethics also examines what future problems advances in space research might create, and attempts to envisage potential solutions to those problems.
Space Ethics researchers Stephen Coleman and Nikki Coleman, in collaboration with scholars from the Consortium for Emerging Technologies Military Operations and National Security (CETMONS) in the United States, are examining a wide variety of ethical issues relating to space. Some questions currently being considered include
Stephen and Nikki Coleman are also researchers with the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society (ACSACS) at UNSW Canberra, and their work will complement the projects of other researchers at UNSW Canberra Space.
CETMONS is a multidisciplinary organisation comprised of institutions and individuals in academia, the military and other branches of government together with the private sector who are engaged in research, teaching, public education and outreach, policy-making, and policy advising on ethical, legal, social, and policy issues raised by emerging military technologies.
Dr Stephen Coleman and the Reverend Nikki Coleman are the only non-US based members of CETMONS and are available for comment on the Australian contribution to the collaboration.
+61 2 6268 8288
UNSW Canberra Space
School of Engineering & IT
PO Box 7916
Canberra BC ACT 2610
UNSW Canberra's research has far reaching implications for how we use space.
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