Developing a Research Question

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In the field of Aerospace engineering, relatively few controversies arise. What ones there are include whether we should explore space in the first place (which is what I just spent 5 weeks researching), whether Mars One is a good thing, whether engineers should participate in making weaponry.

     Questions:

• Should Mars One really try to sent people one-way to mars?

This is really intriguing because on one hand, there are some who say it's a sketchy program, ubt on the other, it pushes the frontier of human exploration.

• Should engineers participate with the military in creating weaponry?

This one goes into some ethical questions, and splits the demographic, because some engineers don't mind, while others have strong opinions toward human rights and efforts toward non-violence.

• What ethical concerns face aerospace engineers?

This question is pretty broad, because engineering produces a wide range of large advances in technology. But at the same time, people will use just about any technological advance as a weapon. So really, what are engineers who don't like that supposed to do?