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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780011903321

Titolo

The quarantine and certification of Martian samples [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2002

ISBN

0-309-17075-3

9780309511518

0-309-51151-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (93 p.)

Collana

The compass series

Disciplina

559.923

Soggetti

Mars surface samples

Mars surface samples - Contamination

Planetary quarantine

Space vehicles - Contamination

Mars (Planet) Exploration Equipment and supplies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Detection of Potential Biohazards""; ""3 Detection of Evidence of Earlier Life""; ""4 Quarantine Strategy""; ""5 The Sterilization of Samples from Mars""; ""6 The Quarantine Facility""; ""7 Lessons Learned from the Quarantine of Apollo Lunar Samples""; ""8 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""Appendix A Deinococcus radiodurans as an Analogue to Extremophile Organisms That May Have Survived on Mars""; ""Appendix B A History of the Lunar Receiving Laboratory""