Safe on Mars, Astrobiology Magazine “The National Research Council was tasked with evaluating the risks of landing humans safely to work on Mars. Their report highlights a number of unique […]
Planetary Protection & Biosafety
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The Quarantine And Certification of Martian Samples (Report)
[National Research Council, Space Studies Board] Opening Statement by John A. Wood,Staff Scientist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Chair, Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration
Posted inMissions & Hardware, Panspermia, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Policy, Sample Return, Status Report
NASA Policy Directive: NPD 8020.7E Biological Contamination Control for Outbound and Inbound Planetary Spacecraft
POLICY DIRECTIVEDirective: NPD 8020.7EEffective Date: February 19, 1999Expiration Date: February 19, 2004Responsible Office: S /Office of Space Science
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Orbiting Quarantine Facility. The Antaeus Report (NASA-SP-454 – 1981)
A systems design study group jointly sponsored by the American Society for Engineering Education, Stanford University and NASA’s Ames Research Center, was requested to develop a design for an orbiting […]