July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... the study and exploration of space and celestial bodies must be conducted in such a way “as to avoid their harmful contamination and also adverse changes in the environment of the Earth resulting from the introduction of extra-terrestrial matter...
June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
... concern is the potential for importing an abundance of resources from outside the previously closed terrestrial biosphere. The contamination of Earth by deadly extra-terrestrial pathogens has been the staple of science fiction for many years, but...
October 2024
Cinema and extraterrestrial archaeology
..., directed by Fred M. Wilcox, production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; USA, 1956. Exoplanetary archaeology The risk of biological contamination both from and to Earth is taken very seriously by organisations such as NASA and the European Space Agency...
October 2018
Looking for life on Enceladus with IceMole
...the release of nuclear material during launch accidents and these might be enough to ensure the non-contamination of Enceladus in all accident scenarios there. However, if nuclear material is found to be indeed harmful to potential Enceladan habitats...
September 2017
Europe needs facility to handle extra-terrestrial space material
... samples The two facilities cited above have been designed to keep the samples protected against a range of contaminants which may affect the scientific analysis of returned samples. The main requirements rely on technologies routinely used...
February 2022
Extremophiles as a blueprint for universal life
... Arthobacter species where the use of cold-active lactase reduces energy consumption and the risk of pathogen contamination through a heating process. Nature indeed has provided us with a rich tool box. The chemical structure of salinosporamide...
