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Margaret S. Race
Researcher at Search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Publications - 47
Citations - 537
Margaret S. Race is an academic researcher from Search for extraterrestrial intelligence. The author has contributed to research in topics: Planetary protection & Mars Exploration Program. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 47 publications receiving 494 citations. Previous affiliations of Margaret S. Race include Princeton University.
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Toward a Global Space Exploration Program: A Stepping Stone Approach
Pascale Ehrenfreund,Christopher P. McKay,John D. Rummel,Bernard Foing,Clive R. Neal,Tanja L. Masson-Zwaan,Megan Ansdell,Nicolas Peter,John C. Zarnecki,Steve Mackwell,Maria Antionetta Perino,Linda Billings,John C. Mankins,Margaret S. Race +13 more
TL;DR: The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Panel on Exploration (PEX) was chartered to provide independent scientific advice to support the development of exploration programs and to safeguard the potential scientific assets of solar system objects as discussed by the authors.
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Migrating microbes and planetary protection.
TL;DR: Since the dawn of the space age, humans have wrestled with concerns about planetary cross-contamination, and as plans proceed for future life detection and human exploration missions, planetary protection considerations are again uppermost on the agendas of mission planners, and microbiologists have an important role to play.
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The Astrobiology Primer: An Outline of General Knowledge—Version 1, 2006
L. Billings,V. Cameron,Mark Claire,Gregory J. Dick,Shawn Domagal-Goldman,Emmanuelle Javaux,O. J. Johnson,C. Laws,Margaret S. Race,Jon Rask,John D. Rummel,R. T. Schelble,Steve Vance +12 more
TL;DR: The Astrobiology Primer has been created as a reference tool for those who are interested in the interdisciplinary field of astrobiology and it is hoped that this slim volume will present the reader with all he or she needs to know to become involved and to understand the state of the art.
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The need for operating guidelines and a decision making framework applicable to the discovery of non-intelligent extraterrestrial life
TL;DR: A proposed set of interim guidelines based loosely on the SETI Principles are discussed and addresses issues extending from the time of discovery through future handling and treatment of extraterrestrial life on Mars or elsewhere.
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Astrobiology and Society: Building an Interdisciplinary Research Community
Margaret S. Race,Kathryn Denning,Constance M. Bertka,Steven J. Dick,Albert A. Harrison,Chris Impey,Rocco L. Mancinelli +6 more
TL;DR: This paper reports recent efforts to gather experts from the humanities and social sciences along with astrobiologists to consider the cultural, societal, and psychological implications of astrobiology research and exploration to expand interdisciplinary interaction and scholarly understanding.