Re: Sea floor Planetary Protection really.

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From: Ron Baalke
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 23:44

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In article <1992Dec31.204838.14165@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com>, mccreary@sword.eng.hou.compaq.com (Ed McCreary) writes...
>On a related note, the designers of Viking were worried that
>the Soviets would land a probe on Mars before their landing without
>following strict sterilization procedures.  This, they felt, might
>contaminate Viking's biological results.  Luckily, the soviets decided
>to follow similar guidlines. 

There still is a concern that some of the Soviet spacecraft that made
it to the surface of Mars may have caused some kind of contamination.
The Soviets have said that they have sterilzed their spacecraft, but they
have never disclosed the method of sterilization. 
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