{"product_id":"assessment-of-planetary-protection-requirements-national-research-council-9780309130738","title":"Assessment of Planetary Protection Requirements for Mars Sample Return Missions","description":"\u003cp\u003eNASA maintains a planetary protection policy to avoid the forward biological contamination of other worlds by terrestrial organisms, and back biological contamination of Earth from the return of extraterrestrial materials by spaceflight missions. Forward-contamination issues related to Mars missions were addressed in a 2006 National Research Council (NRC) book, Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars. However, it has been more than 10 years since back-contamination issues were last examined.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDriven by a renewed interest in Mars sample return missions, this book reviews, updates, and replaces the planetary protection conclusions and recommendations contained in the NRC's 1997 report Mars Sample Return: Issues and Recommendations. The specific issues addressed in this book include the following: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe potential for living entities to be included in samples returned from Mars;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eScientific investigations that should be conducted to reduce uncertainty in the above assessment;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe potential for large-scale effects on Earth's environment by any returned entity released to the environment;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCriteria for intentional sample release, taking note of current and anticipated regulatory frameworks; and\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe status of technological measures that could be taken on a mission to prevent the inadvertent release of a returned sample into Earth's biosphere.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sci, Space Studies Board\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0309130735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780309130738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e National Academies Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.20d","brand":"National Research Council","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46571027628287,"sku":"9780309130738","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c5f2173a-4df1-4a9a-9b8e-2e494a71851f.jpg?v=1738807032","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/assessment-of-planetary-protection-requirements-national-research-council-9780309130738","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}