4 ms·
The moon is a category II body, with the only requirement being potential contamination must be documented. This is an area that has been covered by internatio
by jdsully 7y ago
The moon is a category II body, with the only requirement being potential contamination must be documented. This is an area that has been covered by international treaties since the late 60s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_protection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_protection
- skosch 7y agoHuh? The Wikipedia article you linked puts the moon into > Unrestricted Category V: “Earth-return missions from bodies deemed by scientific opinion to have no indigenous life forms.”
- Someone 7y agoAccording that Wikipedia page, COSPAR defined two categorization systems, one for missions, one for celestial bodies. In their ‘wisdom’, they decided to use Roman numerals I through V for both. Missions to the moon fall in mission category II, but the moon itself falls in target category V (more precisely unrestricted category V)