Full directive Text “NASA aims to expand science across every world we visit, and human exploration of Mars in particular offers an enormous opportunity in the near future. Accordingly, our […]
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This Is Not The Planetary Protection Headline That NASA Needs Right Now (Update)
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 […]