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BIO.03 / directorate
Ocean Worlds

BIO.03 / PUBLIC SERVICE NETWORK

Ocean Worlds

Ocean Worlds brings together europa mission review, enceladus mission review and subsurface access assessment.

BIO.03directorateUnion-wide competence

Ocean Worlds / public remit

Ocean Worlds brings together europa mission review, enceladus mission review and subsurface access assessment.

Receiving role
Ocean Worlds programme coordinator
Public counterpart
Planetary Protection Authority

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Office output: Ocean Worlds integrated programme finding

Ocean Worlds / division of work

BIO.03.01

Europa mission review

Review a Europa mission's actual access and contamination envelope without assuming penetration rights.

Accountable output
Europa mission protection finding
BIO.03.02

Enceladus mission review

Assess Enceladus mission custody and protection duties across collection and receiving analysis.

Accountable output
Enceladus mission protection finding
BIO.03.03

Subsurface access assessment

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

Accountable output
Subsurface protection determination

Reporting and specialist powers

Competent parent
Planetary Protection Authority
Local public authority
Planetary Protection Authority
Receiving evidence
Europa mission protection finding; Enceladus mission protection finding; Subsurface protection determination
Assessment question
A surface-access approval is reused for a proposed subsurface step

Specialist offices

Public records and accountability

BIO.03/REG
Records and reasoned determinations

Ocean Worlds integrated programme finding

BIO.03/CONTACT
Contact the competent office

Accessible assistance, evidence alternatives, institutional handoffs and review.