Report Series : Evaluation of Bioburden Requirements for Mars Missions.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, author.

Contributor:

Studies, Division on Earth and Life.

Sciences, Division on Engineering and Physical.

Sciences, Board on Life.

Board, Space Studies.

Protection, Committee on Planetary.

Series:

Planetary Protection Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Planetary quarantine.

Mars (Planet)--Satellites.

Mars (Planet).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (89 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2022.

Summary:

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 missions to Mars. The nature of missions to Mars is also evolving to feature more diversity in purposes and technologies. As missions to Mars increase and diversify, national and international processes for developing planetary protection measures recognize the need to consider the interests of scientific discovery, commercial activity, and human exploration. The implications of these changes for planetary protection should be considered in the context of how much science has learned about Mars, and about terrestrial life, in recent years.At the request of NASA, this report identifies criteria for determining locations on Mars potentially suitable for landed robotic missions that satisfy less stringent bioburden requirements, which are intended to manage the risk of forward contamination.

Contents:

The National Academies of SCIENCES • ENGINEERING • MEDICINE

COMMITTEE ON PLANETARY PROTECTION

SPACE STUDIES BOARD

BOARD ON LIFE SCIENCES

Preface

Acknowledgment of Reviewers

Summary

1. Introduction

2. Setting the Stage: Astrobiological Possibilities on Mars

3. Considerations for Reducing Bioburden Requirements

4. Risk Management and Post-Landing Approaches to Planetary Protection

5. Planetary Protection and Human Missions to Mars

REFERENCES

Appendixes.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780309270717

0309270715

9780309267656

030926765X

OCLC:

1293260967