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White House releases planetary protection strategy – SpaceNews
The White House released a national strategy for planetary protection Dec. 30, outlining new assessments to prevent contamination of other worlds.
WASHINGTON The White House released a national strategy for planetary protection Dec. 30, outlining new assessments to prevent terrestrial contamination of other worlds and vice versa.
The National Strategy for Planetary Protection, developed by an interagency working group led by the National Space Council and Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), outlines work to be done over the next year to update planetary protection policies, considering both scientific advances as well as growing…
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