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    Planetary protection is a guiding principle in the design of an interplanetary mission, aiming to prevent biological contamination of both the target celestial...
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  • matters under the terms “planetary quarantine” and later “planetary protection”, and has formulated a COSPAR planetary protection policy with associated...
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    make it unusable by the introduction of micro-organisms." COSPAR PLANETARY PROTECTION POLICY Archived 2013-03-06 at the Wayback Machine (20 October 2002;...
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    their contamination. The SETI Institute has a contract to manage planetary protection measures for NASA. Computer renderings of some permanently shadowed...
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  • of astrobiology". A guiding principle in astroethics is that of Planetary Protection (PP), which seeks to prevent the introduction of lifeforms from Earth...
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    "COSPAR Planetary Protection Policy" (PDF). 24 March 2011 [20 October 2002]. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-06. "7 Planetary Protection for Mars...
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    approaches to meet the science goals and objectives of the mission. Planetary protection guidelines require that inadvertent contamination of a Europan ocean...
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    the harsh surface environment of Venus, Venus has been under the planetary protection category two. This indicates that there is only a remote chance that...
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    Moogega Cooper (category American planetary scientists)
    Moogega Cooper (born 1985) is an American astronomer, and the Lead of Planetary Protection for the Mars 2020 Mission and is involved with the InSight Mission...
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    Solar System. Space agencies have implemented planetary protection procedures to reduce the risk of planetary contamination, but microorganisms such as Tersicoccus...
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