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Article #7041Contamination / Surveyor
From: "F.Baube x554"
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 14:00
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 14:00
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I recall reading that when an Apollo brought back parts from a Surveyor, NASA was surprised and worried to find earthly contamination on them, implying that certain bugs can survive the vacuum and radiation, and also that the pre-flight decontamination was inadequate. can anyone describe how this changed pre-flight decontamination procedures, and what was learned about the bugs ? I've read where the Mars SNAKE probe might use either heat decontamination or hydrogen peroxide gas, it hasn't been determined which, and so it is being designed with either/both in mind. -- * Fred Baube * when you think your Toys you hear Laughter * Optiplan O.Y. * have gone Berserk cracking through the Walls * baube@optiplan.fi * it's an illUsion you're sent Spinning * #include <disclaimer.h> * you Cannot Shirk you Have No Choice
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