Title Safe on Mars : precursor measurements necessary to support human operations on the Martian surface / Committee on Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support Human Operations on the Surface of Mars ; Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, Space Studies Board ; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ; National Research Council.

Publication Info.	Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2002]
	©2002

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Description	1 online resource (xi, 51 pages) : illustration
Physical Medium	monochrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	Executive summary -- Introduction -- The Mars program in context -- Physical environmental hazards -- Chemical environmental hazards -- Potential hazards of the biological environment -- Appemdixes. A: Statement of task ; B. Biographical sketches of committee members ; C. Acronyms and abbreviations.
Summary	This study, commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), examines the role of robotic exploration missions in assessing the risks to the first human missions to Mars. Only those hazards arising from exposure to environmental, chemical, and biological agents on the planet are assessed. To ensure that it was including all previously identified hazards in its study, the Committee on Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support Human Operations on the Surface of Mars referred to the most recent report from NASA's Mars Exploration Program/ Payload Analysis Group (MEPAG) (Greeley, 2001). The committee concluded that the requirements identified in the present NRC report are indeed the only ones essential for NASA to pursue in order to mitigate potential hazards to the first human missions to Mars.
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Subject	Mars surface samples.
	Mars surface samples.
	Mars surface samples -- Contamination.
	Planetary quarantine.
	Planetary quarantine.
	Mars (Planet) -- Exploration.
	Mars (Planet)
	Mars (Planet) -- Equipment and supplies.
	Equipment and supplies.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Precursor Measurements Necessary to Support Human Operations on the Surface of Mars.
	National Research Council (U.S.). Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board.
	National Research Council (U.S.). Space Studies Board.
Other Form:	Print version: Safe on Mars. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2002 9780309086547 9780309084260 (DLC) 2002283951 (OCoLC)49937642
ISBN	0309502004 (electronic book)
	9780309502009 (electronic book)
	030908654X (paperback)
	9780309086547 (paperback)
	9780309084260
	0309084261

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