Report of the COSPAR mars special regions colloquium

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 811-829

  Kminek, G ^a   Rummel, J D ^b   Cockell, C S ^c   Atlas, R ^d   Barlow, N ^e   Beaty, D ^f   Boynton, W ^g   Carr, M ^h   Clifford, S ⁱ   Conley, C A ^j   Davila, A F ^k   Debus, A ^l   Doran, P ^m   Hecht, M ^f   Heldmann, J ^k   Helbert, J ⁿ   Hipkin, V ^o   Horneck, G ⁿ   Kieft, T L ^p   Klingelhoefer, G ^q   Meyer, M ^j   Newsom, H ^r   Ori, G G ^s   Parnell, J ^t   Prieur, D ^u   Raulin, F ^v   Schulze Makuch, D ^w   Spry, J A ^f   Stabekis, P E ^j   Stackebrandt, E ^x   Vago, J ^a   Viso, M ^l   Voytek, M ^j   Wells, L ^y   Westall, F ^z   more..

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

ⁱ LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^k NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^l CNES   (France)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁿ GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^o CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^p NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^q JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^r UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^t UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^u UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^v UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^w WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^x LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^y UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^z CNRS   (France)

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Author keywords

Forward contamination; Low temperature; Mars; Planetary protection; Special regions; Water activity

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; SPACE RESEARCH;

FORWARD CONTAMINATION; LOW TEMPERATURES; MARS; PLANETARY PROTECTIONS; SPECIAL REGIONS; WATER ACTIVITY;

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77955557608     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.04.039     Document Type: Article

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