The deep questions

The Associated Press recently obtained a document from NASA (the American space agency) under US Freedom of Information laws. Based on the report written about it (and it would have been nice if I could have found the original article not a report on the report), the document would make interesting reading . It focuses on "what to do" or 'how would you handle" and it raises questions (but doesn't necessarily answer them) about issues to be addressed should NASA mount missions to "deep space" eg:

• If an astronaut dies on the 3-year mission to Mars, what do you do with the body.
• How long do you keep an injured/ill astronaut on life support especially if they're using up all the oxygen!
• Should genetic testing be done to exclude astronauts who might contract a disease en route?
• Should preventative surgery, eg appendectomies, be mandatory for prospective astronauts?
• How do you cope with URST (unreleased sexual tension) en route with mixed and/or same-sex crews?
• How do you cope with astronauts break-ups (romantic and otherwise)
• Should there be an astronaut age limit?