NDLI: Tools for Assessing Planetary Protection Implementation Strategies

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Kastner, J. Beaudet, R.A. Dunphy, J. Ying Lin Newlin, L. Peterson, C. Spry, A.
Copyright Year	2007
Description	Author affiliation: California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena (Kastner, J.; Beaudet, R.A.; Dunphy, J.; Ying Lin; Newlin, L.; Peterson, C.; Spry, A.)
Abstract	When spacecraft go to Mars, Europa, Enceladus or other solar system bodies which might be of interest relative to the process of chemical evolution and/or the origin of life, measures will be employed to ensure the missions meet strict biological contamination requirements. These measures, generically referred to as "planetary protection" (PP) are designed to preserve our ability to study other worlds as they exist in their natural states and help ensure that the scientific investigations (or the interpretation of scientific measurements) aren't confounded by Earth life that might have been inadvertently transferred to the body of interest. To be implemented most effectively, PP strategies should be fully integrated with the mission's schedule and cost profile, but in the early mission design stages the number of open options can make it difficult to perform planetary protection trade studies. This issue is being addressed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) with the development of design tools that will permit the assessment of both the effectiveness and cost of alternative PP approaches in the mission design process. By applying these tools during the mission design process, project designers and program managers will be able to adopt the PP approach best suited to the mission architecture as well as estimate its cost in terms of dollars, schedule impact, and biological contamination risk.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	8
File Size	338763
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	1424405246
ISSN	1095323X
DOI	10.1109/AERO.2007.352743
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2007-03-03
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Protection Extraterrestrial measurements Pollution measurement Costs Process design Contamination Space vehicles Mars Solar system Chemical processes
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Aerospace Engineering Space and Planetary Science

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