This sounds like a good idea, especially considering that China or another country will get there eventually and then all bets are off.
NASA planetary protection officer?
Who came up with this title? These people don’t even have the technology in place to send a man to our closest planet, they haven’t been to the lunar surface in decades, but this person is the, “Planetary Protection Officer?
Pfff!
Only the government employs people on earth who’s job it is to protect Mars but not Chicago.
Microbial contamination will be good for Mars.
Terraforming will require it.
Is that like a School Resource Officer?
Space Ranger !!
Not A Flying Toy
“to prevent the contamination of Mars and other planets with microbes from Earth, and vice versa.”
The “vice versa” part worries me more.
Might as well. Any microbes exposed to Mars’ atmosphere and radiation will likely die within seconds.
NASA planetary protection officer
We cant even protect a bunch of snot nose high school kids good luck with that
Late last year, longtime Planetary Protection Officer Cassie Conley, who favored strict enforcement standards, left NASA after an agency reorganization forced her to reapply for her job. Some Mars scientists hoped that a new officer could start a fresh conversation. Pratt, who led the Mars Exploration Analysis Group from 2013 to 2016, seems to be open to one.
There's really no end to the layers of the Soetero onion. Thanks LibWhacker.