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Evaluating the biological potential in samples returned from planetary satellites and small solar system bodies : framework for decision making

Title
Evaluating the biological potential in samples returned from planetary satellites and small solar system bodies : framework for decision making / Task Group on Sample Return from Small Solar System Bodies, Space Studies Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council.
Publication
[Washington, D.C.] : The Group, [1998], ©1998.

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National Research Council (U.S.). Task Group on Sample Return from Small Solar System Bodies.
Description
xv, 100 pages; 28 cm
Alternative Title
Samples returned from planetary satellites and small solar system bodies
Subject
  • Exobiology
  • Space microbiology > United States
Note
  • Shipping list no.: 99-0048-P.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Natural Influx and Cross-Contamination -- 3. Planetary Satellites Inside Jupiter's Orbit -- 4. Asteroids and Meteorites -- 5. Comets -- 6. Cosmic Dust -- 7. Considering the Potential Risks from Returned Samples -- 8. Conclusions and Recommendations -- C. Additional Perspectives on Contamination from Space -- D. Planetary Protection Policy - NASA and COSPAR.
ISBN
0309061369
LCCN
98085797
OCLC
ocm39919122
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries