The quarantine and certification of Martian samples / Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Preface
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Detection of Potential Biohazards
- 3 Detection of Evidence of Earlier Life
- 4 Quarantine Strategy
- 5 The Sterilization of Samples from Mars
- 6 The Quarantine Facility
- 7 Lessons Learned from the Quarantine of Apollo Lunar Samples
- 8 Conclusions and Recommendations
- Appendix A Deinococcus radiodurans as an Analogue to Extremophile Organisms That May Have Survived on Mars
- Appendix B A History of the Lunar Receiving Laboratory.