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Wendy E Gamble
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Shoot for Earth: MedSci Missions 3
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Author Insight
When are Human Enhancements Wrong?
In the future universe that spaceship Chiron flies through, there are strict limits on how humans can be enhanced. Age extension procedures are allowed, and considered normal; giving someone super-sensitive sense of smell, the ability to echo-locate, or to light a finger on fire aren’t. But when someone on board a ship undertaking a vital medical mission far from Earth slips in those alterations, what then? Should the changes be reversed, at additional danger to the involuntary recipients? What if the enhancements turn out to have mission-saving advantages? Was it still wrong for a well-intentioned scientist to make illegal trans-humans?
Book Excerpt
Shoot for Earth: MedSci Missions 3
The member of Chiron’s personnel looked at their long hands, distressed. They would do no more secret experiments on this ship. Jenson’s active investigation would pick up on any further usage of labs or supplies. Big Brother was watching closely now. Terrified of an uncertain future, a finger pressed a button on a private, unconnected Pocod that had long ago been set up with this eventuality in mind.
The hands that were being hunted went to their closet to retrieve chemical solutions. There might not be a chance to use them before they degenerated, but they didn’t want to leave them behind for the scientists on board to analyse for reverse engineering. They could undo all the hard-earned results! The hands shoved the collection into their go bag. It was already half full of dehydrated food, an expandable space suit with small starter tanks, and a large bottle of water. Now to wish to the stars that rescue could take place before they were sucked into a black hole.
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