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Biology and the Exploration of Mars (1966)
Space Studies Board (SSB)

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. "12 Exotic Biochemistry in Exobiology." Biology and the Exploration of Mars. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1966.

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Front Matter (R1-R16)
Part I: Biology and the Exploration of Mars, Summary and Conclusions (1-18)
Postscript: October 1965 (19-22)
Part II: Life: Its Nature and Origin, 1 What is Life? (23-40)
2 The Origin of Life (41-70)
Part III: The Cosmic Setting, 3 The Solar System as a Abode of Life (71-113)
4 Biological Materials in Carbonaceous Chrondrites (114-124)
Part IV: Recognition of Life and Some Terrestrial Precedents, 5 Signs of Life (125-140)
6 Optical Asymmetry (141-146)
7 The Biochemestry of Terrestrial Soils (147-163)
8 Properties of Desert Soils (164-186)
9 Remote Detection of Terrestrial Life (187-210)
Part IV: Some Extrapolations and Speculations, 10 Development of Rigorous Tests for Extraterrestrial Life (211-228)
11 A Model of Martial Ecology (229-242)
12 Exotic Biochemistry in Exobiology (243-251)
13 Higher Organisms on Mars (252-258)
14 Some Terrestrial Programs (259-263)
15 Potential Yields of Biological Relevance from Remote Investigations of Mars (264-282)
16 Launch Opportunities and Seasonal Activity on Mars (283-291)
17 Space Vehicles for Planetary Missions (292-322)
Part VII: Martial Landings: Unmanned, 18 Biological Objective and Strategy for the Design of a Space Vehicle to be Landed on Mars (323-330)
19 The Automated Biological Laboratory (331-346)
20 Analytical Methods for Landers (347-426)
21 The Use of Martian Materials in the Search for Martial Life (427-430)
Part VIII: Martian Landings: Manned, 22 Impact of Manned Spacecraft on the Exobiology Program (431-435)
23 Prospects for Manned Mars Missions (436-442)
24 "Back Contamination" and Quarantine Problems and Perspectives (443-446)
Part IX: Avoiding the Contamination of Mars, 25 The Nature of the Problems (447-462)
26 The Objectives and Technology of Spacecraft Sterilization (463-466)
27 Spacecraft Sterilization (467-469)
28 Decontamination Standards for Martial Exploration Programs (470-481)
29 The Special Problem of Encapsulated Contaminants (482-484)
Appendix I: Instrumentation for the Detection of Extraterrestrial Life (485-502)
Appendix II: Potential Application of Electron-Optical Methods to Storage of Information for Direct Retrieval (503-506)
Appendix III: List of Participants and Contributors (507-509)
Appendix IV: Note on the Space Science Board (510-518)

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