The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) defines a Category II target as a body where “there is significant interest relative to the process of chemical evolution and the origin of life, but where there is only a remote chance that contamination carried by a spacecraft could compromise future investigations.”

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• Person: Not available Organization: Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  Planetary protection: an international concern and responsibility

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• Planetary protection: an international concern and responsibility www.frontiersin.org Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences via serper

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