The ethics behind the space exploration frenzy has remained persistent for many years now. However, never has space exploration elicited more debate, controversy and calls for abandonment than the days that followed the space shuttle Challenger accident. Seeking to improve its record of sending manned mission to space, the United States, through the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), sought to send a crew of seven astronauts to a space expedition whose aim, as it always been, seeking to explore and understand the outer space.
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The lift off from the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center was televised ...