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Appendix A: Statement of Task
Pages 15-16

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... Historical Context and the Current Policy Development Process -- including a working definition of planetary protection and its goals In addressing this theme, the committee should consider the following questions and formulate lessons learned where appropriate:  How has the planetary protection policy development process evolved over the course of lunar and planetary exploration? What approaches to planetary protection policy development were used in the Apollo and Viking eras of solar system exploration, and subsequent Mars exploration?
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... Key Factors in the Current Policy Development Process In addressing this theme, the committee should consider the following questions and formulate recommendations as appropriate:  To what extent does the current process consider the interests of state and non-state actors in exploring planetary environments, including obligations under Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty?  How does the current process reconcile uncertainties in knowledge, differences between scientific and other exploration interests, as well as potentially competing interests?


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