Subject: A Trend In Mars Forward Planetary Protection
From: Daniel Adamo <[email-masked]>
To: "ATIG (L-Z)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 10:41:30 -0800

ATIG Members-

The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine finalized its report on Mars forward planetary protection late in 2021 some weeks after my review of its preliminary publication was sent to you on November 20 at the bottom of this thread.  In addition, co-chairs of the Committee on Planetary Protection (CoPP, whose members authored the report) presented the final report's findings to NASA's Future In-Space Operations (FISO) telecon on 9 February 2022.  FISO presentation material, together with an audio transcript of the telecon, may be accessed at http://fiso.spiritastro.net/telecon/Hendrix-Alexander_2-9-22/.

These developments served as motivation to revise my review of the CoPP report if for no other reason than to bring report citations into conformance with final as-published page numbering.  My review was then shared with the CoPP co-chairs and is attached for your reference.

I have had very little substantive feedback in response to my review as published on November 20, and the largely editorial changes in the attached revision are unlikely to evoke additional input.  Have I convinced all of you?  My hope continues to be history will not frown on humanity's stewardship of Mars, particularly if that planet harbors a present-day biosphere.

-Dan

From: Daniel Adamo <[email-masked]>
Date: Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 12:44
Subject: A Trend In Mars Forward Planetary Protection

ATIG Members-

Some of you will recall implications from launch of "The Interplanetary Roadster" in 2018 (ref. ATIG_101 in the archives at http://www.aiaahouston.org/adamo_astrodynamics/).  The attached white paper revisits this precedent in the broader context of Mars forward planetary protection policy as proposed in a recent preliminary report on that topic published by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.  Minus the footnotes, this paper may morph into an op ed, so your comments, questions, and suggestions will be appreciated.

-Dan