EXPERIMENTS IN INTERPLANETARY BIOMIGRATION AND SPACE CONTAMINATION

Abstract

The likelihood of auto-and-ancillary migration of viable micro-organisms is discussed. Experiments are suggested to determine the survival potentials of microorganisms under various space conditions, to establish the extent to which space sterilization of interplanetary instrument probes and other space vehicles may be relied upon to prevent the infecting of other celestial bodies, (or the infecting of the earth with alien life by returning probes), and to determine whether further sterilization procedures would be required.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 16, 1958
Accession Number
AD0604807

Entities

People

  • A. G. Wilson
  • I. Cooper

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Atmospheres
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biology
  • Contamination
  • Flight
  • Lunar Probes
  • Microbiology
  • Planetary Atmospheres
  • Planets
  • Probability
  • Probes
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Pressure
  • Space Flight
  • Spacecraft

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space