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Presentations to the Committee
MEETING 1: MARCH 7-9, 2017
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Introduction to Planetary Protection: Goals and Rationales
Catharine Conley, NASA Planetary Protection Officer, and John Rummel, SETI Institute
NASA’s Need for an Interim Report
Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator, NASA Science Mission Directorate
Planetary Protection and the Outer Space Treaty
Ken Hodgkins, Director, Office of Space and Advanced Technology, U.S. Department of State
Motivation for this Study
Ellen Stofan, NASA Chief Scientist (retired)
Perspectives from the Mars Exploration Program
David Beaty, Mars Exploration Program Office, Jet Propulsion Laboratory