California-based SETI Institute has secured a contract to help NASA implement standards across the space agency's planetary protection efforts. SETI Institute will help the agency's Office of Planetary Protection report on biological
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NASA is asking companies to join together and propose standards that support the prevention of extra-terrestrial biologic material spreading on Earth, Space News reported Thursday. Lisa Pratt, NASA planetary protection officer, said the
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Lisa Pratt, recently appointed planetary protection officer at NASA, has said her near-term priorities include the Mars 2020 rover mission and InSight Mars lander mission that is set to take off May
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