Under Articles VI and IX of the Outer Space Treaty, States Parties are responsible for ensuring that national activities, whether governmental or private, avoid harmful contamination of explored Solar System objects and avoid hostile changes to the Earth's environment.

Authors

• Person: Not available Organization: Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  Planetary protection: an international concern and responsibility
• Person: Not available Organization: ROOM Space Journal
  The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond

Sources

• Planetary protection: an international concern and responsibility www.frontiersin.org Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences via serper
• The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond room.eu.com ROOM Space Journal via serper

Referenced by nodes (2)

• Outer Space Treaty concept
• solar system location