Issues in planetary protection: Policy, protocol and implementation

Space Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-54

  Rummel, J D ^a   Billings, L ^b  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b SETI Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Planetary protection; Sample return; Solar system exploration; Space science

Indexed keywords

EID: 0842346916     PISSN: 02659646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spacepol.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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