A new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine says current NASA policies need to be updated. The report says current processes and rules are inadequate to respond to progressively more complex Solar System exploration missions, especially in the current cash-strapped era. NASA hasnt developed a planetary protection policy that speaks to a human mission to Mars, which could happen as early as the 2030s, the report says. It also mentions the private sector, playing an important role in how we explore space.”]
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