Margaret Race



Dr. Margaret Race is an ecologist who works with NASA through the SETI Institute in Mountain View, CA. She is an expert in planetary protection; analyzing issues of contamination between Earth and Outer Space during space missions.

Over the past two decades, she has been involved in numerous national and international studies of how to handle potential contamination during both robotic and human missions to the Moon and Mars.

She has served on three major studies with the National Research Council (NRC) Space Studies Board involving planetary protection, and recently completed work on two major NASA projects related to Mars exploration — one that developed scientific protocols for the quarantine and testing of returned Martian samples, and another that analyzed the technical and scientific issues associated with human missions to Mars.

Dr. Race’s studies also focus on legal and regulatory aspects of Mars sample return proposals; public involvement in the review and approval process for extraterrestrial sample return; ethical implications of solar system exploration, and educational outreach about Astrobiology through schools, museums and the mass media.

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Margaret Race - Planetary Protection

Dr. Margaret Race is an ecologist who works with NASA at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California....