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When Biospheres Collide

A History of NASA's Planetary Protection Programs (NASA History Publication SP-2011-4234)

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Published: 31st August 2011
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NASA SP-2011-4234. This book presents the history of planetary protection by tracing the responses to the concerns on NASA's missions to the Moon, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and many smaller bodies of our solar system. The book relates the extensive efforts put forth by NASA to plan operations and prepare space vehicles that return exemplary science without contaminating the biospheres of other worlds or our own. To protect irreplaceable environments, NASA has committed to conducting space exploration in a manner that is protective of the bodies visited, as well as of our own planet.

ISBN: 9781780396934
ISBN-10: 1780396937
Audience: General
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 542
Published: 31st August 2011
Dimensions (cm): 24.409 x 16.993  x 3.023
Weight (kg): 1.057