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Assessment of planetary protection requirements for Mars sample return missions

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NASA maintains a planetary protection policy to avoid the forward biological contamination of other worlds by terrestrial organisms, and back biological contamination of Earth from the return of extraterrestrial materials by spaceflight missions. Forward-contamination issues related to Mars missions...

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Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.), National Research Council (U.S.). Space Studies Board, National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Academies Press (U.S.), National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Review of Planetary Protection Requirements for Mars Sample Return Missions, ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2009.
Subjects:
Space flight to Mars > Planning.
Space microbiology.
Mars surface samples.
Microbial contamination > Prevention.
Mars (Planet) > Exploration.
Electronic books.
Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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