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Re:SpaceX craft overshot Mars’ orbit and is headed to astero... by garmaine on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @11:34AM (#16325616)
The link is wrong. I work in this space and I know of no such international law regarding biological contamination, unless they are grossly misinterpreting the outer space treaty way beyond what it says and the context in which it is written.
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Re:SpaceX craft overshot Mars’ orbit and is headed to astero... by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @12:38PM (#16326316)
Could you comment on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16325757, did they err?
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Re:SpaceX craft overshot Mars’ orbit and is headed to astero... by garmaine on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @04:00PM (#16327953)
It’s totally misquoted. The line is “harmful contamination of the Earth” and the concern was about Apollo bringing back samples and the US taking proper quarantine safeguards ON EARTH.
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Re:SpaceX craft overshot Mars’ orbit and is headed to astero... by hinkley on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @03:05PM (#16327539)
Good to know. I wasn’t trying to sound fatalistic. Just pointing out it’s unworkable if true.
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