Proceedings of the 45th colloquium on the law of outer space. - Houston : International Astronautical Federation, 2003
Pages
s. 462-465
Number of pages
4 s.
Action
Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space /45./
Event date
10.10.2002-19.10.2002
VEvent location
Houston
Country
US - United States
Event type
WRD
Language
eng - English
Country
US - United States
Keywords
planetary environment ; voluntary regulation ; space activities
Subject RIV
BN - Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Astrophysics
CEZ
AV0Z1003909 - ASU-R
Annotation
Planetary protection is a very wide subject because of the variety of physical conditions on individual planets and their moons. At present, we have good photographs or imagery, as well as other evidence, from most planets and from a selection of their moons. The most imporatnt factor is the presence or absence of any form of life.