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Appendix H: Interagency Deliberations Concerning Initial Launch of the Falcon 9 Heavy
Appendix H: Interagency Deliberations Concerning Initial Launch of the Falcon 9 Heavy
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Will be in deep space for a billion years or so if it doesn't blow up on ascent." Given the interest by NASA and the broader scientific community about the integrity of celestial bodies where contamina tion could compromise future science investigations, NASA queried both the FAA and SpaceX regarding the new information. NASA raised the potential for planetary protection implications associated with Mars as a potential target body to the FAA and SpaceX, and requested more information on how SpaceX planned to address planetary protection for the Roadster purported to be headed to a Mars orbit.
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It was confirmed to be the Apollo 12 third stage and is now known to be in a 40 year cycle between heliocentric and geocentric orbit. This object could eventually reenter the Earth's atmosphere and represented a known example of why long-term propagations on the order of several decades are conducted in assessing probability of impact for target bodies of biological interest, such as Mars.
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