Table of Contents: The quarantine and certification of Martian samples /

Corporate Authors:	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration., National Research Council (U.S.). Space Studies Board.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2002.
Series:	The compass series
Subjects:	Mars surface samples. Planetary quarantine. Space vehicles > Equipment and supplies. > Contamination. Mars surface samples > Contamination. SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > General. MARS SAMPLE RETURN. MARS SURFACE SAMPLES. MARS PROBES. Mars (Planet) > Exploration
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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""