Biology and the Exploration of Mars

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Publication Year:1966

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Front Matter	i-xvi
Part I: Biology and the Exploration of Mars, Summary and Conclusions	1-18	(skim)
Postscript: October 1965	19-22	(skim)
Part II: Life: Its Nature and Origin, 1 What is Life?	23-40	(skim)
2 The Origin of Life	41-70	(skim)
Part III: The Cosmic Setting, 3 The Solar System as a Abode of Life	71-113	(skim)
4 Biological Materials in Carbonaceous Chrondrites	114-124	(skim)
Part IV: Recognition of Life and Some Terrestrial Precedents, 5 Signs of Life	125-140	(skim)
6 Optical Asymmetry	141-146	(skim)
7 The Biochemestry of Terrestrial Soils	147-163	(skim)
8 Properties of Desert Soils	164-186	(skim)
9 Remote Detection of Terrestrial Life	187-210	(skim)
Part IV: Some Extrapolations and Speculations, 10 Development of Rigorous Tests for Extraterrestrial Life	211-228	(skim)
11 A Model of Martial Ecology	229-242	(skim)
12 Exotic Biochemistry in Exobiology	243-251	(skim)
13 Higher Organisms on Mars	252-258	(skim)
14 Some Terrestrial Programs	259-263	(skim)
15 Potential Yields of Biological Relevance from Remote Investigations of Mars	264-282	(skim)
16 Launch Opportunities and Seasonal Activity on Mars	283-291	(skim)
17 Space Vehicles for Planetary Missions	292-322	(skim)
Part VII: Martial Landings: Unmanned, 18 Biological Objective and Strategy for the Design of a Space Vehicle to be Landed on Mars	323-330	(skim)
19 The Automated Biological Laboratory	331-346	(skim)
20 Analytical Methods for Landers	347-426	(skim)
21 The Use of Martian Materials in the Search for Martial Life	427-430	(skim)
Part VIII: Martian Landings: Manned, 22 Impact of Manned Spacecraft on the Exobiology Program	431-435	(skim)
23 Prospects for Manned Mars Missions	436-442	(skim)
24 "Back Contamination" and Quarantine Problems and Perspectives	443-446	(skim)
Part IX: Avoiding the Contamination of Mars, 25 The Nature of the Problems	447-462	(skim)
26 The Objectives and Technology of Spacecraft Sterilization	463-466	(skim)
27 Spacecraft Sterilization	467-469	(skim)
28 Decontamination Standards for Martial Exploration Programs	470-481	(skim)
29 The Special Problem of Encapsulated Contaminants	482-484	(skim)
Appendix I: Instrumentation for the Detection of Extraterrestrial Life	485-502	(skim)
Appendix II: Potential Application of Electron-Optical Methods to Storage of Information for Direct Retrieval	503-506	(skim)
Appendix III: List of Participants and Contributors	507-509	(skim)
Appendix IV: Note on the Space Science Board	510-518	(skim)

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