Mars sample return : issues and recommendations

Mars sample return : issues and recommendations /

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full text (MCPHS users only)
Corporate Author:	National Research Council (U.S.). Task Group on Issues in Sample Return
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1997
Series:	Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
Subjects:	Space vehicles > Contamination. Space vehicles. spacecraft. Mars (Planet) > Geology.
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

Table of Contents:

Front Matter; Preface; Contents; Executive Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 The Possibility of Extant Life on Mars; 3 The Significance of Martian Meteorites; 4 The Potential for Large-Scale Effects; 5 Scientific Investigations That Could Reduce Uncertainty; 6 Evaluation and Characterization of Samples Returned from Mars; 7 The Sample-Receiving Facility; 8 Program Oversight; 9 Technology Issues; References; Appendix Letter of Request