NASA has severe penalties for those who dare to deal in astromaterials.

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On day one of this administration, the president included his ambitions for Mars in his inaugural address, and again several weeks later to a joint session of Congress: “We are going to conquer the ...

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Good afternoon and welcome. I am pleased to be here today with members of the authoring committee to publicly release this new National Research Council report, The Quarantine and Certification of ...

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An image from NASA's Perseverance Mars rover shows where the rover drilled into a rock called Rochette and collected two samples. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech WASHINGTON — NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover ...