NASA Awards SETI Institute Contract for Planetary Protection Support
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Friday, July 10, 2020
WASHINGTON, July 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, a contract to support all phases of current and future planetary protection missions to ensure compliance with planetary protection standards.
Key Points:
- WASHINGTON, July 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, a contract to support all phases of current and future planetary protection missions to ensure compliance with planetary protection standards.
- The SETI Institute will work with NASA's Office of Planetary Protection (OPP) to provide technical reviews and recommendations, validate biological cleanliness on flight projects, provide training for NASA and its partners, as well as develop guidelines for implementation of NASA requirements, and disseminate information to stakeholders and the public.
- "The depth of mission experience and breadth of knowledge on the SETI Institute team will help NASA meet the technical challenges of assuring forward and backward planetary protection on the anticipated path of human exploration from the Moon to Mars," said Lisa Pratt, NASA's planetary protection officer at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
- NASA and the SETI Institute have worked together on planetary protection for more than a decade and have developed a strong relationship and core competency in this area.