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Biosafe Dress Rehearsal for Mars Sample Containment Using In-Space Sterilization
Technical Paper
2003-01-2674
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Total sample containment is an absolute requirement for Mars sample return missions, derived from the requirement to protect against uncontrolled introduction of potentially hazardous foreign material into the earth's biosphere. These constraints of planetary protection comprise one of the major remaining hurdles to low cost implementation of sample return missions. It is suggested here that to spread the costs of the program, the first mission should consider sterilizing the samples and canister surfaces while still in space during the return to Earth.
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Clark, B., "Biosafe Dress Rehearsal for Mars Sample Containment Using In-Space Sterilization," SAE Technical Paper 2003-01-2674, 2003, https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-2674.Also In
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