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>International Committee Against Martian Sample Return
>In light of the loss due to human error of many of the spacecraft sent to Mars over the course of the space age, the International Committee Against Mars Sample Return (ICAMSR) urges the scientific and environmental communities to consider avoiding the return of Martian samples directly to Earth as problems with electronic circuitry malfunctions are common as well as accidental impacts. The study of Martian soil and rocks for signs of life can be accomplished with in-situ life detection instruments on Mars, something NASA has not done since the twin Viking mission in 1976. The question must be asked: Do the benefits of studying Martian samples in laboratories on Earth outweigh the risk of contaminating our world? We only have one Earth
https://www.icamsr.org
They're right, we need an OQF

>>15346704
I would prefer not to die from the Andromeda strain tyvm. Samples should be studied in an orbital quarantine facility
https://falsesteps.wordpress.com/2012/07/24/the-orbiting-quarantine-facility-keeping-earth-safe-from-martians/

>>14652737
fuck knows what those yellow fiends want but there was a US plan for an orbital quarantine station for Mars samples
https://falsesteps.wordpress.com/2012/07/24/the-orbiting-quarantine-facility-keeping-earth-safe-from-martians/