NASA Workshop on Planetary Protection Knowledge Gaps for Human Extraterrestrial Missions: On the Path towards Planetary ...
Published in Int. COSPAR Assembly
Published in Int. COSPAR Assembly
Published in International COSPAR Assembly meeting in Istanbul
Published in Advances in Space Research
Published in PER ASPERA AD ASTRA
Published in Adv. Space Res. v
In anticipation of the return of samples from Mars toward the end of the first decade of the next century, NASA s Office of Space Sciences chartered a panel to examine how Mars samples should be handled. The panel was to make recommendations in three areas: (1) sample collection and transport back to Earth; (2) certification of the samples as nonha...
The Mars Sample Quarantine Protocol (QP) Workshop was convened to deal with three specific aspects of the initial handling of a returned Mars sample: 1) biocontainment, to prevent uncontrolled release of sample material into the terrestrial environment; 2) life detection, to examine the sample for evidence of live organisms; and 3) biohazard testin...
Published in J. American Biological Safety Assn. (JABSA)
Published in Extraterrestrial Sample Materials