An airlock concept to reduce contamination risks during the human exploration of Mars
Daniel Vrankar,
Cyprien Verseux,
Christiane Heinicke
Abstract:Protecting the Martian environment from contamination with terrestrial microbes is generally seen as essential to the scientific exploration of Mars, especially when it comes to the search for indigenous life. However, while companies and space agencies aim at getting to Mars within ambitious timelines, the state-of-the-art planetary protection measures are only applicable to uncrewed spacecraft. With this paper, we attempt to reconcile these two conflicting goals: the human exploration of Mars and its protect… Show more
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