| When Biospheres Collide: A History of NASA's Planetary Protection Programs (NASA History publication SP-2011-4234) Contributor(s): Meltzer, Michael (Author), Rummel, John D. (Preface by), Nasa History Office (Author) |
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ISBN: 1780396937 ISBN-13: 9781780396934 Publisher: www.Militarybookshop.Co.UK OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Aviation - General - Science | Astronomy - Science | Space Science |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (2.33 lbs) 542 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: NASA SP-2011-4234. This book presents the history of planetary protection by tracing the responses to the concerns on NASA's missions to the Moon, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and many smaller bodies of our solar system. The book relates the extensive efforts put forth by NASA to plan operations and prepare space vehicles that return exemplary science without contaminating the biospheres of other worlds or our own. To protect irreplaceable environments, NASA has committed to conducting space exploration in a manner that is protective of the bodies visited, as well as of our own planet. |