Catharine Conley’s job is to watch out for cross-contamination in the solar system
Sep 16, 2014 | |
Planetary protection officer Catharine Conley has been safeguarding Earth from potential alien life since 2005.
NASA's Office of Planetary Protection has just one officer, Catharine Conley. Her job is to ensure that nasa and other U.S. organizations that journey into space adhere to the regulations put in place by the international Outer Space Treaty of 1967, which aims to preserve scientists' ability to study other worlds in their natural states, avoid biological contamination of environments we explore and protect Earth's biosphere in case alien life exists. You could say the future of our solar system rests in her hands.
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