NASA Should Beware of Viruses From Outer Space, Bloomberg Opinion “This summer, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will launch a rover designed to collect samples of the Martian surface […]
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Planetary Protection Review Report Released
NASA’s Planetary Protection Review Addresses Changing Reality of Space Exploration “NASA released a report Friday with recommendations from the Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (PPIRB) the agency established in response […]
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NASA Still Has No Planetary Protection Policy For Humans On Mars
Report: Review and Assessment of Planetary Protection Policy Development Processes “Planetary protection policies are facing unprecedented challenges as NASA and other national and international space agencies move forward on missions […]
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Microbes On The Moon? Really?
Read the @NASA response. Jim Green thinks that there may be "tiny microbes" on the Moon. Just sayin' pic.twitter.com/fT8FlO0jWO — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) August 4, 2017
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False Positives and Planetary Protection
The Goals, Rationales, and Definition of Planetary Protection: Interim Report, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine “Avoiding forward and back contamination in missions to Mars can be viewed as […]