Biology
Scientific paper
Nov 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002esasp.518..379d&link_type=abstract
In: Proceedings of the First European Workshop on Exo-Astrobiology, 16 - 19 September 2002, Graz, Austria. Ed.: Huguette Lacoste
Biology
Space Research: Planetary Protection
Scientific paper
Planetarey protection requirements are imposed by United Nations Treaties and handled by the Committee of Space Research giving planetary protection recommendations. In the frame of Solar System exploration missions, the goal of planetary protection is to protect celestial bodies from Earth contamination and also to protect Earth environment from an eventual contamination carried by contaminated samples, return probes or systems. In the field of decontamination and cleanliness, planetary protection takes also into account the protection of exobiological science. United States, through NASA, is involved in planetary protection since the first Solar System exploration missions fourty years ago. The US Space Agency manages planetary protection tasks since a long time now and has set up an organization able to take in charge such activities. Europe has now to start on this topic, imposed by Space exploration missions lead particularly by CNES and ESA. The goal of this paper is to make a statement on planetary protection in European space organizations in order to define the necessary tasks and involvement for building a coherent and original planetary protection policy and an organization able to manage, propose, realize and control planetary protection requirements, works and programs.
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