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Protected zone access

Assess access to a protected zone independently of research funding or transport approval.

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Protected zone access / public remit

Assess access to a protected zone independently of research funding or transport approval.

Receiving role
Protected zone access assessment lead
Public counterpart
Forward Contamination

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Office output: Protected-zone access finding

Assessment file: Protected-zone access finding

  • access footprint
  • contamination pathway
  • custodian acceptance

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A difficult protected zone access case

Illustrative case / BIO.01.03

A mission receives an instrument grant and treats it as site permission; determine the separate protected access.

Reporting and specialist powers

Competent parent
Forward Contamination
Local public authority
Planetary Protection Authority
Receiving evidence
access footprint; contamination pathway; custodian acceptance
Assessment question
A mission receives an instrument grant and treats it as site permission

Public records and accountability

BIO.01.03/REG
Records and reasoned determinations

Protected-zone access finding

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