NASA wants to take humans to the Moon and Mars - but not their germs

NASA has detailed its plan to prevent contamination of space caused by human activities. According to the space agency’s Administrator Jim Bridenstine, NASA’s newly published Interim Directives (NIDs) will cover both manned and robotic missions to Mars, as well as anticipated future manned missions to Mars. A day after announcing these new NIDs, NASA has awarded a related contract to …