January 2018
Shielding the human genome
.... We are in a new age of discovery driven by genomics and the leveraging of novel biology JPL’s Biotechnology and Planetary Protection Group (BPPG) and Liberty soon began to work on optimising analytical and bioinformatics sensing mechanisms required...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
...on how to respond to a viral contagion that may affect a wider population. The closest may be the Planetary Protection Policy of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), although this instrument is restricted to interplanetary biological and organic...
April 2026
Exploring Mars – the key issues
...the background perched on a Space Station truss. Heat protection is still one of the biggest challenges for manned ... at some of the other practical issues such as safety and planetary protection. In the same way that our species learned to live ...
December 2021
All for one and one for all – recommendations for a sustainable future in lunar exploration
...up-to-date understanding of all risk factors on the lunar surface, and protection of the shared lunar resource pool are indisputable priorities. With respect... the issue of planetary protection, particularly in the context of the private space sector.
October 2023
The multidisciplinary world of space habitation design
...Lunar Habitat interior view. To avoid unnecessary additional deliveries of surface elements or modules and satisfy planetary protection regulations while enabling evolutionary growth, the design of base or settlement elements should allow repurposing...
28 September 2020
String of underground lakes found under Mars' South Pole
... at the base of the SPLD [south polar layered deposits] therefore represent areas of potential astrobiological interest and planetary protection concern," write the team in their paper. "Future missions to Mars should target this region to acquire...
