Planetary Protection Gains Visibility

Credit: NASA
The deliberate destruction of the $3-billion U.S./European Galileo planetary probe to prevent it from crashing into one of Jupiter's moons underscores the importance NASA and other space agencies place on protecting planets and moons from biological contamination as a by-product of exploration. With...

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