TY - JOUR
T1 - Biological Contamination Prevention for Outer Solar System Moons of Astrobiological Interest
T2 - What Do We Need to Know?
AU - Rettberg, Petra
AU - Antunes, André
AU - Brucato, John
AU - Cabezas, Patricia
AU - Collins, Geoffrey
AU - Haddaji, Alissa
AU - Kminek, Gerhard
AU - Leuko, Stefan
AU - Mckenna-lawlor, Susan
AU - Moissl-eichinger, Christine
AU - Fellous, Jean-louis
AU - Olsson-francis, Karen
AU - Pearce, David
AU - Rabbow, Elke
AU - Royle, Samuel
AU - Saunders, Mark
AU - Sephton, Mark
AU - Spry, Andy
AU - Walter, Nicolas
AU - Wimmer Schweingruber, Robert
AU - Treuet, Jean-charles
PY - 2019/8/1
Y1 - 2019/8/1
N2 - To ensure that scientific investments in space exploration are not compromised by terrestrial contamination of celestial bodies, special care needs to be taken to preserve planetary conditions for future astrobiological exploration. Significant effort has been made and is being taken to address planetary protection in the context of inner Solar System exploration. In particular for missions to Mars, detailed internationally accepted guidelines have been established. For missions to the icy moons in the outer Solar System, Europa and Enceladus, the planetary protection requirements are so far based on a probabilistic approach and a conservative estimate of poorly known parameters. One objective of the European Commission-funded project, Planetary Protection of Outer Solar System, was to assess the existing planetary protection approach, to identify inherent knowledge gaps, and to recommend scientific investigations necessary to update the requirements for missions to the icy moons.
AB - To ensure that scientific investments in space exploration are not compromised by terrestrial contamination of celestial bodies, special care needs to be taken to preserve planetary conditions for future astrobiological exploration. Significant effort has been made and is being taken to address planetary protection in the context of inner Solar System exploration. In particular for missions to Mars, detailed internationally accepted guidelines have been established. For missions to the icy moons in the outer Solar System, Europa and Enceladus, the planetary protection requirements are so far based on a probabilistic approach and a conservative estimate of poorly known parameters. One objective of the European Commission-funded project, Planetary Protection of Outer Solar System, was to assess the existing planetary protection approach, to identify inherent knowledge gaps, and to recommend scientific investigations necessary to update the requirements for missions to the icy moons.
KW - Icy moons
KW - Europa
KW - Enceladus
KW - Planetary protection
KW - Requirements
KW - Spacecraft
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85070985769
U2 - 10.1089/ast.2018.1996
DO - 10.1089/ast.2018.1996
M3 - Article
SN - 1531-1074
VL - 19
SP - 951
EP - 974
JO - Astrobiology
JF - Astrobiology
IS - 8
ER -