Planetary protection issues related to human missions to Mars

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1120-1127

  Debus, A ^a   Arnould, J ^a  

^a CNES   (France)

Author keywords

Backward contamination; Ethic; Human mission; Mars; Planetary protection

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; MOON; SPACE RESEARCH;

BACKWARD CONTAMINATION; ETHIC; HUMAN MISSION; MARS; PLANETARY PROTECTIONS;

EARTH (PLANET);

EID: 49049111288     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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