Assessment of the Report of NASA's Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (Consensus Study Report)

Committee to Review the Report of the NASA Planetary Protection Independent Review Board,Space Studies Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

ISBN 10: 0309676495 / ISBN 13: 9780309676496

Published by National Academies Press, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Assessment of the Report of NASA's Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (Consensus Study Report)
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309676495
• ISBN 13: 9780309676496
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The goal of planetary protection is to control, to the degree possible, the biological cross-contamination of planetary bodies. Guidelines developed by the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) are used by all spacefaring nations to guide their preparations for encounters with solar system bodies. NASA's Science Mission Directorate has convened the Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (PPIRB) to consider updating the COSPAR guidelines given the growing interest from commercial and private groups in exploration and utilization of Mars and other bodies in space.

At the request of NASA, this publication reviews the findings of the PPIRB and comments on their consistency with the recommendations of the recent National Academies report Review and Assessment of the Planetary Protection Policy Development Processes.