Talk:Joshua Lederberg
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Lederberg & Planetary Protection
I recently came across this statement: "Planetary protection became an issue
for the scientific community in December 1957 when Joshua Lederberg wrote a letter to the National Academy of Sciences. He was concerned that it would not be possible to test the panspermia hypothesis for the origin of life if the Moon became contaminated with terrestrial organic matter as a result of spacecraft missions."
Task Group on the Forward Contamination of Europa(CB). Preventing the Forward Contamination of Europa.
Washington, DC, USA: National Academies Press, 2000. p 3.
"Planetary protection became an issue
for the scientific community in December 1957 when Joshua Lederberg wrote a letter to the National Academy of Sciences. He was concerned that it would not be possible to test the panspermia hypothesis for the origin of life if the Moon became contaminated with terrestrial organic matter as a result of spacecraft missions."
Task Group on the Forward Contamination of Europa(CB). Preventing the Forward Contamination of Europa. Washington, DC, USA: National Academies Press, 2000. p 3.
L Hamm 23:58, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
His ex-wife who was an important biologist in her own right just died[2] and I noticed we don't have an article about her but she clearly meets
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