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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783776803321

Titolo

Preventing the forward contamination of Mars [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2006

ISBN

0-309-18032-5

1-280-44720-6

9786610447206

0-309-65262-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (166 p.)

Disciplina

523.43

Soggetti

Space flight to Mars

Space microbiology

Microbial contamination - Prevention

Mars (Planet) Exploration

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""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Policies and Practices in Planetary Protection""; ""3 Future Mars Exploration: The Rolling Wave""; ""4 Environments on Mars Relative to Life""; ""5 Expanding Our Knowledge of the Limits of Life on Earth""; ""6 Advances in Technologies for Life Detection and Bioburden Reduction""; ""7 Assessing Nonliving Contaminants of Concern""; ""8 A Path Forward for Planetary Protection in the 21st Century""; ""9 Transition Process and Time Line""; ""Appendixes""

""A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""""B Recommendations from Two Previous NRC Reports on Forward Contamination""; ""C Summary of Procedures Currently Used to Assess Bioburden in Spacecraft Assembly Clean Rooms and on Spacecraft""; ""D History of Recommended Values for Probability of Growth""; ""E Approaches to Bioburden Reduction for Lander Missions to Mars""; ""F



Ambiguities in Geomorphic Interpretation: Martian Gullies""; ""G Spacecraft Propellant and By-Products as Potential Contaminants""; ""H Acronyms and Abbreviations""