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Technology under Planetary Protection Research (PPR) Project

Published By National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Summary

Art der Freigabe
a one-off release of a single dataset

Datenlizenz
Not Applicable

Inhaltslizenz
Creative Commons CCZero

Bestätigung
automatisiert zertifiziert

Description

PPR supports research to improve NASA's understanding of the potential for both forward and backward contamination, how to minimize it, and to set standards in these areas for spacecraft preparation and operating procedures. Improvements in technologies and methods for evaluating the potential for life in returned samples are supported. The PPR R&A Lead estimates that approximately 40% of the effort funded through PPR is technology related, particularly in the following areas: ? The development or adaptation of modern molecular analytical methods to rapidly detect, classify, and/or enumerate the widest possible spectrum of Earth microbes carried by spacecraft (on surfaces and/or in bulk materials, especially at low densities) before, during, and after assembly and launch processing. Of particular interest are methods capable of identifying microbes with high potential for surviving spacecraft flight or planetary environmental conditions (e.g., anaerobes, psychrophiles, radiation-resistant organisms); and ? New or improved methods, technologies, and procedures for spacecraft sterilization that are compatible with spacecraft materials and assemblies. PPR's research areas derive directly from recent National Research Council (NRC) recommendations on planetary protection for solar system exploration missions (see http://planetaryprotection.nasa.gov/documents/ for online reports and a list of publications).