NASA directive might increase the odds of contaminating Mars

September 30, 2026 · 5:35 pm 1 sources

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• NASA directive might increase the odds of contaminating Mars
  Scientific American · September 30, 2026 17:35
  The new push loosens U.S. regulations for sterilizing spacecraft bound for the Red Planet and calls for modernizing the science of “planetary protection”