Review and assessment of planetary protection policy development processes / Committee on the Review of Planetary Protection Policy Development Processes, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ; A Consensus Study Report of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.

Portion of title Planetary protection policy development processes
SeriesA concensus study report
Consensus study report. ^A1363519
Abstract "Protecting Earth's environment and other solar system bodies from harmful contamination has been an important principle throughout the history of space exploration. For decades, the scientific, political, and economic conditions of space exploration converged in ways that contributed to effective development and implementation of planetary protection policies at national and international levels. However, the future of space exploration faces serious challenges to the development and implementation of planetary protection policy. The most disruptive changes are associated with (1) sample return from, and human missions to, Mars; and (2) missions to those bodies in the outer solar system possessing water oceans beneath their icy surfaces. Review and Assessment of Planetary Protection Policy Development Processes addresses the implications of changes in the complexion of solar system exploration as they apply to the process of developing planetary protection policy. Specifically, this report examines the history of planetary protection policy, assesses the current policy development process, and recommends actions to improve the policy development process in the future"-- Publisher's description.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Issued in other formElectronic version: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Review of Planetary Protection Policy Development Processes. Review and assessment of planetary protection policy development processes. Washington, DC : the National Academies Press [2018] 9780309478687
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018276451
ISBN9780309478656 (paperback)
ISBN0309478650 (paperback)
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