Mars Sample Return

Task Group on Issues in Sample Return; Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications; Space Studies Board; Division on Engineering a

ISBN 10: 0309057337 / ISBN 13: 9780309057332

Published by National Academies Press, 1997

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Num Pages: 58 pages. BIC Classification: PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. . . 1997. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mars Sample Return
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309057337
• ISBN 13: 9780309057332
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The Space Studies Board of the National Research Council (NRC) serves as the primary adviser to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on planetary protection policy, the purpose of which is to preserve conditions for future biological and organic exploration of planets and other solar system objects and to protect Earth and its biosphere from potential extraterrestrial sources of contamination. In October 1995 the NRC received a letter from NASA requesting that the Space Studies Board examine and provide advice on planetary protection issues related to possible sample-return missions to near-Earth solar system bodies.

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Task Group on Issues in Sample Return, National Research Council