Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2024)
Recipient: CORNELL TECHNICAL SERVICES LLC
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2019-05-14 to 2020-02-28
Current total value of award: $282808
Description: PLANETARY PROTECTION INDEPENDENT REVIEW BOARD. PLANETARY PROTECTION IS THE PRACTICE OF PROTECTING SOLAR SYSTEM BODIES FROM CONTAMINATION BY EARTH LIFE AND PROTECTING EARTH FROM POSSIBLE LIFE FORMS AND OTHERWISE HARMFUL MATERIALS THAT MAY BE RETURNED FROM OTHER BODIES IN SPACE. NASAS OFFICE OF PLANETARY PROTECTION PROMOTES THE RESPONSIBLE EXPLORATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM BY IMPLEMENTING AND DEVELOPING EFFORTS THAT PROTECT THE SCIENCE EXPLORED ENVIRONMENTS AND EARTH.