AstrobiologyExobiologyMarsBayes TheoremExtraterrestrial EnvironmentContainment of Biohazards
The Abiotic Background as a Central Component of a Sample Safety Assessment Protocol for Sample Return.
Bronwyn L Teece, David W Beaty, Heather V Graham, Gerald McDonnell, Barbara Sherwood Lollar, Sandra Siljeström, Andrew Steele, SSAP Tiger Team,, Rachel Mackelprang
Published: 202510.1177/15311074251382156
Abstract
Martian rock and regolith samples are being collected and cached by NASA's Perseverance rover, with the goal of returning them to Earth as soon as the mid-2030s. Upon return, samples would be housed in a sample receiving facility under biological con…
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