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Mars sample return : issues and recommendations / Task Group on Issues in Sample Return, Space Studies Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council. - Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1997. - 1 online resource (ix, 47 pages) - Compass series . - Compass series (Washington, D.C.) .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-43).

Front Matter; Preface; Contents; Executive Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 The Possibility of Extant Life on Mars; 3 The Significance of Martian Meteorites; 4 The Potential for Large-Scale Effects; 5 Scientific Investigations That Could Reduce Uncertainty; 6 Evaluation and Characterization of Samples Returned from Mars; 7 The Sample-Receiving Facility; 8 Program Oversight; 9 Technology Issues; References; Appendix Letter of Request


English.

ISBN: 0585001766 9780585001760 0309174872 9780309174879 0309524474 9780309524476

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Space vehicles--Contamination.
Space vehicles.
Véhicules spatiaux--Contamination.
Véhicules spatiaux.
spacecraft.
TRAVEL.
Planets--Geology
Space vehicles--Contamination
MARS SAMPLE RETURN.
MARS SURFACE SAMPLES.
MARS PROBES.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Mars (Planet)--Geology.
Mars (Planète)--Géologie.
Mars (Planet)

Subjects--Index Terms: Samfundsvidenskab Geografi.

LC Class. No.: QB641 / .M364 1997eb

Dewey Class. No.: 919.9/23/04