Ethical Exploration and the Role of Planetary Protection in Disrupting Colonial Practices
Whitepaper #461 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: other: Ethics; planetary protection; state of the profession
by Frank Tavares, Denise Buckner, Dana Burton, Jordan McKaig, Parvathy Prem, Eleni Ravanis, Natalie Trevino, Aparna Venkatesan, Steven D. Vance, Monica Vidaurri, Lucianne Walkowicz, and Mary Beth Wilhelm
Published onMar 18, 2021
Ethical Exploration and the Role of Planetary Protection in Disrupting Colonial Practices
We recommend the decadal survey call on all bodies involved in developing planetary protection policies to engage in a process of community input to establish a robust reevaluation of the ethics of future crewed and uncrewed missions to the Moon, Mars, and other planetary bodies with the intention of developing anticolonial practices.
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