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Avoidance Of Harmful Contamination

Avoidance of Harmful Contamination is a principle in planetary protection policy that requires preventing the biological and chemical contamination of celestial bodies by terrestrial organisms or materials to preserve their scientific integrity and prevent adverse environmental changes.

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2017–2026

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Purity of the sacred lotus, or escape from contamination in biological surfaces

Wilhelm Barthlott, Christoph Neinhuis · Planta · 1997 · 6.8K citations

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Planetary exploration in the time of astrobiology: Protecting against biological contamination

John D. Rummel · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2001 · 116 citations · Full text

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Avoidance Costs Assvciated with Imperflct Infoymation : The Case of Kepone

D. G. Swartz · Land Economics · 1981 · 100 citations

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Static-charging mitigation and contamination avoidance by selective carbon coating of TEM samples

Thomas Höche, Jürgen W. Gerlach, Tino Petsch · Ultramicroscopy · 2006 · 66 citations

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Ethical Considerations for Planetary Protection in Space Exploration: A Workshop

John D. Rummel, Margaret S. Race, and the Princeton Workshop G. Horneck · Astrobiology · 2012 · 52 citations · Full text

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Authors

28

  1. JD
    John D. Rummel

    Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, United States

    2 publications · 168 citations

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  2. MS
    Margaret S. Race

    Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, United States

    2 publications · 87 citations

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  3. TP
    Tino Petsch

    3D-Micromac (Germany), Germany

    1 publications · 66 citations

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  4. MP
    Marcelo Pompêo

    Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  5. TC
    Thomas Cheney

    The Open University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 23 citations

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Institutions

18

  1. Institute of Aviation Medicine

    Prague, Czechia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    52 citations

  2. University of Iceland

    Reykjavik, Iceland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  3. The Open University

    Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    6 publications

    138 citations

  4. Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering

    Leipzig, Germany

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    132 citations

  5. East Carolina University

    Greenville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    52 citations

  6. University of Coimbra

    Coimbra, Portugal

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  7. Centro Universitário de Volta Redonda

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  8. Northumbria University

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

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  1. The Science of The Total Environment

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 1 publications · 116 citations

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  3. Astrobiology

    1 publications · 52 citations

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  4. Planta

    1 publications · 6.8K citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 1 publications · 35 citations

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