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Title 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
Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 47 pages)
Series Compass series
Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
Contents 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
Analysis Samfundsvidenskab Geografi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-43)
Notes English
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Subject Space vehicles -- Contamination.
Space vehicles.
spacecraft.
TRAVEL.
Planets -- Geology
Space vehicles -- Contamination
MARS SAMPLE RETURN.
MARS SURFACE SAMPLES.
MARS PROBES.
SUBJECT Mars (Planet) -- Geology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85081556
Subject Mars (Planet)
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
Author National Research Council (U.S.). Task Group on Issues in Sample Return.
LC no. 98110369
ISBN 0585001766
9780585001760
0309174872
9780309174879
0309524474
9780309524476