Science, Maths & Technology
Planetary Protection of Icy Worlds
...Research (COSPAR)’s Planetary Protection Panel. Although not legally binding, it sits within the legal framework of Article IX of the Outer Space Treaty (United Nations, 1967). Image description: The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) logo. One of the underlying concepts is that of the ‘period of biological exploration’, which for icy worlds is 1000 years, and...