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If North Korea survives another 10 or 20 years, I could see them shooting nukes up in to space.

A lot of ethically questionable scientific research might potentially be performed by so-called "rogue states" that don't feel bound by international norms.

We're seeing something like that in regards to copyright and patents, where some countries that don't respect intellectual property have no problems violating copyright and patents of countries that do.

Similarly, cloning research and human-embryo research that might be banned in some countries is being performed by others. Launching nukes it to space is another opportunity to advance for countries that have no ethical problems with that.




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