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I am not an activist so have not kept up, but I was under a misguided assumption that animal testing for the benefit of human space travel had been stopped.
I am against harming any animal, other than as necessary food for human consumption. We have already learned that any overdose of radiation is harmful to life. Testing for limits, psychological, biological or otherwise effects has already been done. I believe that scientists should continue to work on eliminating, or reducing as much as radiation exposure as possible, but not at the expense of subjecting animals to suffering. The data is there, the technology is somewhat there, and will always continue to advance. What part of "radiation is harmful to living organisms" don't these people understand?
Furthermore, as much as I advocate human space travel, I am willing to delay such efforts, even indefinately, until science can render an effective solution to minimize, if not eliminate, radiation exposure to humans in space without the use of animal testing.
I am not an activist so have not kept up, but I was under a misguided assumption that animal testing for the benefit of human space travel had been stopped.
I am against harming any animal, other than as necessary food for human consumption. We have already learned that any overdose of radiation is harmful to life. Testing for limits, psychological, biological or otherwise effects has already been done. I believe that scientists should continue to work on eliminating, or reducing as much as radiation exposure as possible, but not at the expense of subjecting animals to suffering. The data is there, the technology is somewhat there, and will always continue to advance. What part of "radiation is harmful to living organisms" don't these people understand?
Furthermore, as much as I advocate human space travel, I am willing to delay such efforts, even indefinately, until science can render an effective solution to minimize, if not eliminate, radiation exposure to humans in space without the use of animal testing.