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| Who Knew Mars Has Bats? |
| 2022-09-02 |
| [Via CFP] To Prevent A Martian Plague, Nasa Needs To Build A Very Special Lab NASA wants its project to comply with international planetary-protection policies as well as its own complementary ones. The Sample Receiving Facility would also have to be approved through the National Environmental Policy Act process, which would require producing an environmental-impact statement. The spacecraft and its at-home facility may, additionally, have to deal with National Security Presidential Directive 25, which rules over scientific and technological experiments that could have big environmental effects. This is not to neglect official interest from the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Health and Human Services with the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Homeland Security and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and potentially other state and local governments. |
| Posted by:Mercutio |
| #4 As for the 'lab', is gain of function research with dangerous stuff iirc that was a subplot of the Andromeda Strain. A space probe bringing back alien strains for potential bio-war use. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-09-02 08:05 |
| #3 ScFi / Space travel to DEAD space moon or planet is still somewhat fascinating. But how Privatizing Space exploration? The space mining of rare minerals etc. as the incentive for quicker non-taxpayer funded results. Then have the DC Swamp laser focused on fixing what's wrong already under our feet here 1st? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-09-02 06:25 |
| #2 "I...I...I can't |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-09-02 02:37 |
| #1 international planetary-protection policies I am hoping so bad they find aliens. And the aliens find them. As for the 'lab', is gain of function research with dangerous stuff going to be shifted to where a whistleblower would need a damn data relay thingy to ...whistleblow? |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-09-02 02:13 |