Dilemma
The primary ethical connotation with building any vehicle space related is the speculation on whether or not we, as humans, should be attempting to leave our planet. This is also recently accompanied by, if we are capable of colonizing in space, how do we decide who would take claim on this space, and what would stop a person from fleeing their country to a new colony? Although our project in particular does not breach the outer atmosphere of Earth, it is still implicity connected to these same issues. Our position as engineers is to discover what we are capable of, but whether or not the technology will be used once it is discovered/invented is up to politicians and lobbyists (Bleh).