New Rules for Environment and Planetary Protection in Mars Orbit and on the Surface of Mars Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales, Toulouse FRANCE

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Desjean, M. C., author.

Conference Name:

International Conference On Environmental Systems (2002-07-15 : San Antonio, Texas, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 2002

Summary:

This paper recalls the initial status of the Mars planet environment, the present status following the arrival of different spacecraft to Mars, and what could happen in the coming years with the arrival of planned missions.It describes the amount of possible ejected hardware currently anticipated for vehicles incoming to Mars:Planetary protection aspects are described, as well as the existing rules of COSPAR. A comparison with the Earth orbit environment before the space age is provided, as well as what has become of that environment now. It proposes and discusses the necessary regulations to set for new missions in order to protect the environment at Mars for the future, keeping in mind what has happened in Earth orbit in terms of space debris

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Publisher Number:

2002-01-2470

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