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Assessment of planetary protection requirements for spacecraft missions to icy solar system bodies /

"NASA's exploration of planets and satellites during the past 50 years has led to the discovery of traces of water ice throughout the solar system and prospects for large liquid water reservoirs beneath the frozen ICE shells of multiple satellites of the giant planets of the outer solar sy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Planetary Protection Standards for Icy Bodies in the Outer Solar System
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Current status of planetary protection policies for icy bodies
  • Binary decision trees
  • Hierarchical decisions for planetary protection
  • A geophysical perspective and inventory of habitable environments on icy bodies
  • Microbial metabolism and physiology
  • Necessary research.