Mars Sample Return

What is the purpose of this site? This Blog will track the status of Mars Sample Return, raise awareness of the risks of returning Mars…

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NASA has suggested this multiple times – recently in an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer that spread via AP around the world. The statement either…

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We’re starting to have an impact! To see the Scientific American article, please click the below link: Controversy Grows Over whether Mars Samples Endanger Earth…

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In April, 2022, NASA began the process to obtain environmental approval for the return of unsterilized Mars Samples. A formal Notice was published in the…

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This blog has been live for about two months now, and it’s already clear that there are various comments and attitudes towards the risks of…

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Amazingly, the question asked for centuries, and asked scientifically for over a century, still has no answer: Does Mars have life? Even the possibility of…

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Mars Sample Return raises extraordinarily large ethical and moral considerations. If anything is living on the surface of Mars, such as bacteria, is it moral…

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Mankind is taking the boldest but riskiest step in all human history – the return of samples from the surface of Mars. There are many…

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