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Pastimes : IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE
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To: Don Pueblo who wrote (207)4/25/1999 2:20:00 PM
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Sample Return from Small Solar System Bodies: Framework for Decision Making
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Appendix D: Planetary Protection Policy—NASA and COSPAR
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cOUSIN SHORTY's Spacecraft: Category IV (direct contact) or V (Earth return)

  Category    Degree of concern
 ----------  --------------------------------------------
  I           None
  II          Documentation only
  III         Passive bioload control
  IV          Active bioload control
              (more stringent for life detection mission)
  V           Inbound
              Restricted Earth return:
              —No impact on Earth or the Moon
              —Sterilization of returned hardware
              —Containment of any sample


Onthebeat: Smith,Jones,Rummel
{Dr. John Rummel, Planetary Protection Officer, NASA Headquarters}

Cavemen, bonesinhand.
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