Mars Sample Return: Issues and Recommendations (Planetary Protection) - Softcover

National Research Council; Division On Engineering And Physical Sciences; Space Studies Board; Commission On Physical Sciences, Mathematics, And Applications; Task Group On Issues In Sample Return

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309057337 ISBN 13: 9780309057332

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1997

Synopsis

The Space Studies Board of the National Research Council (NRC) serves as the primary adviser to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on planetary protection policy, the purpose of which is to preserve conditions for future biological and organic exploration of planets and other solar system objects and to protect Earth and its biosphere from potential extraterrestrial sources of contamination. In October 1995 the NRC received a letter from NASA requesting that the Space Studies Board examine and provide advice on planetary protection issues related to possible sample-return missions to near-Earth solar system bodies.

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Task Group on Issues in Sample Return, National Research Council

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309057337
• ISBN 13: 9780309057332
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 58