The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is seeking suggestions for experts to be considered for the membership rotation or other engagement with the Committee on Planetary Protection (CoPP). CoPP is tasked with monitoring progress implementing the planetary protection guidelines associated with priority programs and missions identified in the National Academies planetary science decadal surveys and serves as a source of advice on measures undertaken to protect the biological and environmental integrity of extraterrestrial bodies and to preserve the integrity of Earth's biosphere.
Using these suggestions, National Academies staff will be looking to fill 6 open seats on the committee of approximately 15 total volunteer experts in addition to collecting information for potential speakers, participants, and other forms of engagement.
Based on the Statement of Task and the continuing membership of the committee, staff are looking for expertise, particularly in the following areas:
- Engineering and commercial industry
- Safety assessment, probabilistic risk assessment, and engineering risk management
- International collaborations with US missions
- Lunar science
- Mars science
- Terrestrial extremophiles