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And maybe it is also time for NASA to revisit whether the Common Rule should be revised to apply this concept to astronauts.

A recognition that participation in certain activities can be conditioned on agreeing to participate in research.

One clause to rule them all: ". . . ethical attention is needed to determine whether [spaceflight participants] should remain flight eligible even if they decline research participation." This. Huge.