Planetary protection - Some legal questions

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2344-2353

  Fasan, E ^a  

^a International Institute of Space Law   (Austria)

Author keywords

Legal questions; Planetary Protection; Space Law

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTRONOMY; CONTAMINATION; EARTH (PLANET); LAWS AND LEGISLATION; METEORITES; MOON; NATURAL RESOURCES; RADIATION; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACE STATIONS; SPACECRAFT;

CELESTIAL BODIES (C.B.); LEGAL QUESTIONS; PLANETARY PROTECTION; SPACE LAWS;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 9444285835     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2004.01.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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