2 papers
astro-ph.IM2026
A Framework for Evaluating Forward Contamination Risk for Bio-ISRU Microorganisms
Una Nattermann, Devon A. Stork, Tom Pedersen +9
NASA planetary protection policy seeks to avoid inadvertent forward contamination of celestial bodies and backward contamination of Earth during space exploration. For Mars mission…
astro-ph.IM2026
A research roadmap for assessing the feasibility of warming Mars
E. S. Kite, A. Essunfeld, M. H. Hecht +22
This roadmap outlines research pathways to determine whether Mars could be warmed with non-biological methods. It does not presuppose that warming Mars is desirable; its purpose is…