1 SETI Institute , Mountain View, California, USA.
2 European Space Agency , Noordwijk, the Netherlands .
Astrobiology. 2018 Apr;18(4):377-380. doi: 10.1089/ast.2018.1823. Epub 2018 Mar 30.
The last time NASA envisioned a sample return mission from Mars, the development of a protocol to support the analysis of the samples in a containment facility resulted in a "Draft Test Protocol" that outlined required preparations "for the safe receiving, handling, testing, distributing, and archiving of martian materials here on Earth" (Rummel et al., 2002 ). This document comprised a specific protocol to be used to conduct a biohazard test for a returned martian sample, following the recommendations of the Space Studies Board of the US National Academy of Sciences. Given the planned launch of a sample-collecting and sample-caching rover (Mars 2020) in 2 years' time, and with a sample return planned for the end of the next decade, it is time to revisit the Draft Test Protocol to develop a sample analysis and biohazard test plan to meet the needs of these future missions. Key Words: Biohazard detection-Mars sample analysis-Sample receiving facility-Protocol-New analytical techniques-Robotic sample handling. Astrobiology 18, 377-380.
上次美国国家航空航天局（NASA）设想从火星带回样本的任务时，为了支持在密闭设施中分析样本，制定了一份协议，最终形成了一份“测试草案协议”，概述了“在地球上安全接收、处理、测试、分发和存档火星物质”所需的准备工作（Rummel 等人，2002 年）。该文件包含了一项特定的协议，用于根据美国国家科学院太空研究委员会的建议，对返回的火星样本进行生物危害测试。鉴于计划在两年内发射一个收集和缓存样本的漫游者（火星 2020 年），并计划在下一个十年末带回样本，现在是时候重新审视测试草案协议，以制定样本分析和生物危害测试计划，以满足这些未来任务的需求。关键词：生物危害检测-火星样本分析-样本接收设施-协议-新分析技术-机器人样本处理。天体生物学 18,377-380。
