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... However, minimizing and mitigating the potential confounding impact on PSRs is important, so as to avoid obscuring an important scientific record preserved in the volatile deposits. Potential contamination mitigation steps that merit further attention include using spacecraft emissions modeling in combination with laboratory, remote sensing, and in-situ data, to tailor individual mission planetary protection approaches; characterizing the signature of exhaust volatiles; use of spacecraft witness plates; and implementing contamination mitigation protocols during sampling.
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... Finding 2: Understanding of the lunar poles and PSRs has advanced but remains incomplete concerning many scientific questions, including how cold traps on the lunar surface function with respect to volatile and organic chemicals, the nature and composition of water and other volatile deposits in PSRs, and how the water and other ice deposits inform the scientific understanding of prebiotic chemical evolution in the solar system. Finding 3: Tapping the scientific potential of the lunar poles and PSRs requires accelerating lunar science across orbital and in situ missions and building "ground truth" about these regions to inform planning for planetary protection approaches for future scientific, exploration, and commercial activities on the Moon.


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