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Space ethics
Published: 2nd August 2020
Citation: Astronist Institution. (2020). Space ethics. Available: https://www.astronism.com/astronary/entry/space-ethics. Last accessed: [date].
noun
the branch of cosmontology dealing the ethics of space exploration and planetary colonisation involving issues such as terraforming, as well as the commercialisation and politicisation of outer space.
DERIVATIVES AND ALTERNATIVE PHRASES
Spacioethics (or Spatioethics) | speɪʃɪəʊɛθɪks | adjective
Astroethics | ˈastrəʊɛθɪks | noun
Cosmoethics | kɒzməʊɛθɪks | adverb
ORIGINS AND ETYMOLOGY
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