Report Series: Committee on Planetary Protection: Evaluation of Bioburden Requirements for Mars Missions

by Space Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, et al.

Since the 1980s, national and international planetary protection policies have sought to avoid contamination by terrestrial organisms that could compromise future investigations regarding the origin or presence of Martian life. Over the last decade, the number of national space agencies planning, participating in, and undertaking missions to Mars has increased, and private-sector enterprises are engaged in activities designed to enable commercial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309270693
• ISBN13: 9780309270694
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 88 Pages