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Documents and Reports
NASA documents
Science Plan for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate 2007-2016
A Draft Test Protocol for Detecting Possible Biohazards in Martian Samples Returned to Earth
Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG) documents
- Groundbreaking MSR: Science Requirements and Cost Estimates for a First Mars Surface Sample Return Mission: Final Report of the Mars Sample Return Science Steering Group, October 1, 2002.
- Findings of the Mars Special Regions Science Analysis Group, July 14, 2006 (unpublished white paper).
- Final Report of the MEPAG Astrobiology Field Laboratory Science Steering Group (AFL-SSG), Sept. 26, 2006 (unpublished white paper, v.3).
Ezell, E.C. and Ezell, L.N. On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet, 1958-1978. NASA SP-4212, 1984.
Astrobiology Small Payloads Workshop Report
Space Studies Board documents
Assessment of the NASA Astrobiology Institute, 2007.
An Astrobiology Strategy for the Exploration of Mars, 2007.
Exploring Organic Environments in the Solar System, 2007.
The Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems, 2007.
Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars, 2006.
The Astrophysical Context of Life, 2005.
Life in the Universe: An Assessment of U.S. and International Programs in Astrobiology, 2003.
The Quarantine and Certification of Martian Samples, 2002.
Signs of Life: A Report Based on the April 2000 Workshop on Life Detection Techniques, 2001.
Other Documents
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