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Paging Will Smith: NASA is hiring a planetary protection officer

Today, in job titles that probably sound way more exciting than they actually are: The Washington Post reports that NASA is seeking a qualified applicant for a role as its new “planetary protection ...
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Report Series: Committee on Planetary Protection: Planetary Protection for the Study of Lunar Volatiles

Suggested Citation: "1 Introduction." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Report Series: Committee on Planetary Protection: Planetary Protection for the Study of Lunar ...
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Committee on Planetary Protection (CoPP)

The Committee on Planetary Protection (CoPP) monitors progress implementing the planetary protection guidelines associated with priority programs and missions identified in the National Academies ...
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China wants to return samples from Mars. Will there be any international cooperation?

It is a hot debate bracketed by cold hard facts: What are the best methods for handling Mars samples here on Earth? Planetary protection is a measure to safeguard our world from any contamination that ...
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We need a ‘Planetary Neural Network’ for AI-enabled space infrastructure protection

Illustration of space debris in Earth orbit from NORAD's satcat catalog Credit: Yeus via Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 3.0 You may not see it with the naked eye, but in Earth’s orbit, a silent crisis is ...