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Subsurface access assessment

Examine a proposed subsurface intervention against containment, scientific uncertainty and alternatives.

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Subsurface access assessment / public remit

Examine a proposed subsurface intervention against containment, scientific uncertainty and alternatives.

Receiving role
Subsurface access assessment assessment lead
Public counterpart
Ocean Worlds

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Office output: Subsurface protection determination

Assessment file: Subsurface protection determination

  • access method
  • propagation pathways
  • stop conditions

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A difficult subsurface access assessment case

Illustrative case / BIO.03.03

An access sponsor treats uncertain life evidence as absence; retain the precautionary scientific question.

Reporting and specialist powers

Competent parent
Ocean Worlds
Local public authority
Planetary Protection Authority
Receiving evidence
access method; propagation pathways; stop conditions
Assessment question
An access sponsor treats uncertain life evidence as absence

Public records and accountability

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Records and reasoned determinations

Subsurface protection determination

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Accessible assistance, evidence alternatives, institutional handoffs and review.