6. Astrobiology and Exploration

Papers

1. An Historic Choice of Number: the Planetary Protection Requirement for Exploring Ocean Worlds

2. Search for life on icy moons – what do we need to know for planetary protection?

3. Potential Scientific, Practical, and Cultural Implications of Discovering Life in Our Solar System

4. Shallow transient liquid water environments on present-day Mars, and their implications for life.

5. The BOSS Experiment of the EXPOSE-R2 Mission: Biofilm versus planktonic cells

6. BOSS_Cyano experiment on the EXPOSE-R2 space mission: enhanced survival of Chroococcidiopsis biofilms to space and simulated Mars conditions compared to planktonic counterparts

7. Effects of spaceflight and simulated microgravity on microbial growth and secondary metabolism

8. Design of a Spaceflight Biofilm Experiment

9. Recent development of a bioinspired antimicrobial surface - a preventive technology for extended stays in confined space environments

10. Anti-microbial Polymer Development for Spacecraft Cabin Disease & System Contamination

11. Ensuring long term survival of life and ecosystems amidst a 6th mass species extinction on earth

. Providing guidance and setting research priorities for planetary protection of outer solar system bodies - Update from the PPOSS project