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  Feb 20 2006, 10:21 AM
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Well, we all know that the COSPAR treaty has set some rules to avoid contamination of the planets by 'bacteria' from Earth ... and a similar program exists to protect Earth's environment for 'alien' bacteria which could be brought back during sample-return missions.
I'm trying to make a list of Planetary Quarantine & Planetary Sterilisation measures which were taken for spacecraft bound to Mars: e.g. Both Viking Landers were encapsulated in an enclosed bioshield and 'cooked' ( = heat sterilization ) in an oven at NEC for 30 hours at 111.7 degrees Celsius ! Trying to find out what was done for Mars Polar Lander, Pathfinder-Sojourner, MER Spirit & Opportunity, ... 
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Feb 20 2006, 12:01 PM
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The ultra clean processing of the Viking Landers ( and B2 ) was because they were looking for life. No point looking for it if you take it with you.
MPF, MPL, PHX, MERA and MERB were just 'clean' to fit in with international regs. The reason for the difference is what they went to look for  Doug |
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PhilCo126 Planetary Protection Feb 20 2006, 10:21 AM
edstrick Not much...
They were made from hardware that was... Feb 20 2006, 10:28 AM PhilCo126 Correct Doug, Pathfinder-Sojourner was cleaned to ... Feb 20 2006, 02:26 PM djellison Every B2 Component got treated by plasma or other ... Feb 20 2006, 03:10 PM PhilCo126 More information on Planetary protection --> C... Feb 20 2006, 06:37 PM djellison Well - there's no ethical issue imho, as there... Feb 20 2006, 07:50 PM PhilCo126 Doug, You certainly have a point as the cross cont... Feb 20 2006, 08:48 PM BruceMoomaw As Benton Clark points out, the existence of natur... Feb 20 2006, 09:52 PM Chmee I beleive reasonable procautions should be taken s... Feb 21 2006, 02:19 AM BruceMoomaw Where manned exploration is concerned, there are s... Feb 21 2006, 02:47 AM Myran Speaking of the devil. this just came up, same sub... Feb 21 2006, 10:48 PM ljk4-1 Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars
Com... Apr 3 2006, 02:43 PM PhilCo126 Both Viking orbiters were assembled at NASA-JPL, t... Apr 15 2006, 04:09 PM
Bob Shaw I make no apologies for reposting this image of my... Apr 15 2006, 09:14 PM hal_9000 More here..
http://marstech.jpl.nasa.gov/content/... Apr 15 2006, 09:27 PM |
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