Assessment of the Report of Nasa's Planetary Protection Independent Review Board

by Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Space Studies Board, Committee to Review the Report of the Nasa Planetary Protection Independent Review Board, et al.

The goal of planetary protection is to control, to the degree possible, the biological cross-contamination of planetary bodies. Guidelines developed by the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) are used by all spacefaring nations to guide their preparations for encounters with solar system bodies. NASA's Science Mission Directorate has convened the Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (PPIRB) to consider updating the COSPAR guidelines given...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309676495
• ISBN13: 9780309676496
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 10.8"