Preventing the forward contamination of Europa [electronic resource] / Task Group on the Forward Contamination of Europa, Space Studies Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Task Group on the Forward Contamination of Europa.

Contributor:

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space vehicles--Sterilization.

Space vehicles.

Microbial contamination--Europa (Satellite).

Microbial contamination.

Europa (Satellite).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (53 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Preventing the Forward Contamination of Europa""; ""Copyright""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Planetary Protection Policies""; ""HISTORY""; ""PROTECTING MARS""; ""BOX 1.1 VIKING�S APPROACH TO BIOLOAD REDUCTION""; ""Presterilization""; ""Sterilization""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 Europa""; ""EUROPA EXPLORATION STRATEGY""; ""EUROPA�S RADIATION ENVIRONMENT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Life in Extreme Environments""; ""EXTREMOPHILES""; ""EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Sterilization and Cleaning Methods""; ""CLEANING AND STERILIZATION STANDARDS""

""ACHIEVING THE STANDARDS""""BOX 4.1 CURRENT CLEAN-ROOM PROCEDURES""; ""REFERENCE""; ""5 Microbial Detection and Identification""; ""REFERENCES""; ""6 Recommended Planetary Protection Strategy for Europa""; ""PLANETARY PROTECTION STRATEGY FOR EUROPA""; ""MAJORITY AND MINORITY VIEWPOINTS""; ""Applicability of the Current Planetary Protection Strategies to Europa""; ""Survival of Terrestrial Microbes on Europa""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""7 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""Appendixes""; ""A Calculating the Probability of Contamination, Pc,""; ""A SAMPLE METHODOLOGY""

""Microbial Populations On Spacecraft""""F1�Total Number of Cells Relative to Cultured Cells""; ""F2�Bioburden Reduction Treatment""; ""F3�Cruise Survival Fraction""; ""F4�Radiation Survival""; ""F5�Probability of Landing at an Active Site""; ""F6�Burial Fraction""; ""F7�Probability That an Organism Survives and Proliferates""; ""F7a�Survivability of Exposure Environments""; ""F7b�Availability of Nutrients""; ""F7c�Suitability of Energy Sources""; ""F7d�Suitability for Active Growth""; ""Joint Probability for F7""; ""Conclusions from the Illustrative Calculation""

""REFERENCES""""B Glossary""

Notes:

"Support for this project was provided by Contract NASW 96013 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration"--P. [ii].

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

923271147