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Missions & Exploration

NASA administrator calls for revised planetary protection policies for Mars missions

Jared Isaacman stated existing rules impose unnecessary cost and delay on robotic missions.

Caleb Mbeki
Planetary Science Reporter
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NASA administrator Jared Isaacman has said current planetary protection policies add avoidable extreme cost and time to robotic Mars missions, and called for revisions aligned with common-sense principles.[1]