{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2098522770","doi":null,"title":"A Theoretical Microbial Contamination Model for a Human Mars Mission","display_name":"A Theoretical Microbial Contamination Model for a Human Mars Mission","publication_year":2006,"publication_date":"2006-01-31","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2098522770","mag":"2098522770"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:drum.lib.umd.edu:1903/3366","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3366","pdf_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3366","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401518","display_name":"University Libraries (University of Maryland)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I66946132","host_organization_name":"University of Maryland, College Park","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"public-domain","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/public-domain","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Dissertation"},"volume":null,"type":"dissertation","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3366","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5000685472","display_name":"Mark L. Lupisella","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Mark Lupisella","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5000685472"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10406","display_name":"Planetary Science and Exploration","score":0.7612000107765198,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1912","display_name":"Space and Planetary Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/19","display_name":"Earth and Planetary Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10406","display_name":"Planetary Science and Exploration","score":0.7612000107765198,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1912","display_name":"Space and Planetary Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/19","display_name":"Earth and Planetary Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12788","display_name":"Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life","score":0.2224999964237213,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3103","display_name":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14214","display_name":"Space Exploration and Technology","score":0.002300000051036477,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2202","display_name":"Aerospace Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/microbial-contamination","display_name":"microbial contamination","score":0.9800000190734863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human-mars-missions","display_name":"human Mars missions","score":0.8980000019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/martian-soil","display_name":"Martian soil","score":0.7860000133514404},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/microbial-population-dynamics","display_name":"microbial population dynamics","score":0.6110000014305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/contamination-control","display_name":"contamination control","score":0.6940000057220459},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/organic-nutrients","display_name":"organic nutrients","score":0.6909999847412109},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/microbial-growth-modeling","display_name":"microbial growth modeling","score":0.5839999914169312},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/search-for-extraterrestrial-life","display_name":"search for extraterrestrial life","score":0.7649999856948853}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C83260615","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6773121","display_name":"Mars Exploration Program","level":2,"score":0.8220443725585938},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112570922","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60528603","display_name":"Contamination","level":2,"score":0.7041553258895874},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C87355193","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q411","display_name":"Astrobiology","level":1,"score":0.6778310537338257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39432304","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188847","display_name":"Environmental science","level":0,"score":0.5410782694816589},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C68702407","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q716774","display_name":"Exploration of Mars","level":3,"score":0.4158775508403778},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.33625146746635437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.1882910430431366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.16277536749839783}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:drum.lib.umd.edu:1903/3366","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3366","pdf_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3366","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401518","display_name":"University Libraries (University of Maryland)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I66946132","host_organization_name":"University of Maryland, College Park","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"public-domain","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/public-domain","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Dissertation"},{"id":"mag:2098522770","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/1903/3366/1/umi-umd-3176.pdf","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306522422","display_name":"PhDT","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"PhDT","raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:drum.lib.umd.edu:1903/3366","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3366","pdf_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3366","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401518","display_name":"University Libraries (University of Maryland)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I66946132","host_organization_name":"University of Maryland, College Park","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"public-domain","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/public-domain","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Dissertation"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306101","display_name":"National Aeronautics and Space Administration","ror":"https://ror.org/027ka1x80"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320332377","display_name":"Goddard Space Flight Center","ror":"https://ror.org/0171mag52"}],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2098522770.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2098522770.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":104,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W24281042","https://openalex.org/W54879799","https://openalex.org/W762159041","https://openalex.org/W788706377","https://openalex.org/W1482486111","https://openalex.org/W1491632538","https://openalex.org/W1494455769","https://openalex.org/W1514819411","https://openalex.org/W1559653714","https://openalex.org/W1562703184","https://openalex.org/W1573427298","https://openalex.org/W1586486602","https://openalex.org/W1596212401","https://openalex.org/W1597851536","https://openalex.org/W1599811832","https://openalex.org/W1643771623","https://openalex.org/W1876441925","https://openalex.org/W1902458626","https://openalex.org/W1965442571","https://openalex.org/W1967115042","https://openalex.org/W1969521111","https://openalex.org/W1971891252","https://openalex.org/W1976141971","https://openalex.org/W1978889029","https://openalex.org/W1979070507","https://openalex.org/W1980658479","https://openalex.org/W1982233439","https://openalex.org/W1986741720","https://openalex.org/W1989522113","https://openalex.org/W1994499419","https://openalex.org/W1997360422","https://openalex.org/W1998066965","https://openalex.org/W1998264740","https://openalex.org/W2003273168","https://openalex.org/W2006438948","https://openalex.org/W2009779539","https://openalex.org/W2010813693","https://openalex.org/W2016644245","https://openalex.org/W2018065262","https://openalex.org/W2023331182","https://openalex.org/W2024267192","https://openalex.org/W2026420867","https://openalex.org/W2030043169","https://openalex.org/W2033948090","https://openalex.org/W2037196849","https://openalex.org/W2037372977","https://openalex.org/W2040971253","https://openalex.org/W2043142887","https://openalex.org/W2045528213","https://openalex.org/W2047831247","https://openalex.org/W2048437887","https://openalex.org/W2051619198","https://openalex.org/W2053306580","https://openalex.org/W2059561846","https://openalex.org/W2064084495","https://openalex.org/W2068405272","https://openalex.org/W2072591971","https://openalex.org/W2078407777","https://openalex.org/W2083406862","https://openalex.org/W2084491800","https://openalex.org/W2085819344","https://openalex.org/W2087792793","https://openalex.org/W2089109875","https://openalex.org/W2092833897","https://openalex.org/W2092893632","https://openalex.org/W2096441274","https://openalex.org/W2097839227","https://openalex.org/W2099083388","https://openalex.org/W2099487698","https://openalex.org/W2100327380","https://openalex.org/W2101020934","https://openalex.org/W2106819998","https://openalex.org/W2108660436","https://openalex.org/W2109679168","https://openalex.org/W2111723997","https://openalex.org/W2112953462","https://openalex.org/W2114933781","https://openalex.org/W2118420470","https://openalex.org/W2119623907","https://openalex.org/W2120989840","https://openalex.org/W2125978791","https://openalex.org/W2126950565","https://openalex.org/W2128964282","https://openalex.org/W2131107714","https://openalex.org/W2135823274","https://openalex.org/W2139581734","https://openalex.org/W2140775467","https://openalex.org/W2147015873","https://openalex.org/W2152473128","https://openalex.org/W2154690237","https://openalex.org/W2160029292","https://openalex.org/W2164693181","https://openalex.org/W2165943580","https://openalex.org/W2166160597","https://openalex.org/W2166641695","https://openalex.org/W2169821641","https://openalex.org/W2258616664","https://openalex.org/W2315679726","https://openalex.org/W2325808791","https://openalex.org/W2336478386","https://openalex.org/W2410979608","https://openalex.org/W2989884322","https://openalex.org/W3021623708","https://openalex.org/W3023855077"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7100300001","https://openalex.org/W3169046456","https://openalex.org/W2610916572","https://openalex.org/W1568792757","https://openalex.org/W1626137228","https://openalex.org/W862746968","https://openalex.org/W828289879","https://openalex.org/W1578239236","https://openalex.org/W4412063413","https://openalex.org/W4406714553"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Contamination":[0],"from":[1,80,118,132,228,230,316],"a":[2,58,66,81,95,105,133,198,206,231,245,262],"human":[3,59,82,148,233],"presence":[4],"on":[5,290,311,322],"Mars":[6,83,149],"could":[7,283],"significantly":[8],"compromise":[9],"the":[10,17,23,34,38,90,119,124,146,159,170,190,213,249,292,305,312,317,338],"search":[11],"for":[12,25,57,113,127,145,217,314],"extraterrestrial":[13],"life.":[14],"In":[15],"particular,":[16],"difficulties":[18],"in":[19,89,248,288],"controlling":[20],"microbial":[21,40,47,78,128,225],"contamination,":[22],"potential":[24,142],"terrestrial":[26,224],"microbes":[27,180,300],"to":[28,55,61,75,103,108,123,188,211,238,276,336],"grow,":[29],"evolve,":[30],"compete,":[31],"and":[32,37,87,111,155,175,178,296,328,341],"modify":[33],"Martian":[35,44,91,306],"environment,":[36,307],"likely":[39,243,335],"nature":[41],"of":[42,50,121,136,163,173,201,299],"putative":[43],"life,":[45],"make":[46],"contamination":[48,79,226,255],"worthy":[49],"focus":[51],"as":[52,141,169,251,253],"we":[53],"begin":[54],"plan":[56],"mission":[60,84,234],"Mars.":[62],"This":[63],"dissertation":[64],"describes":[65],"relatively":[67],"simple":[68],"theoretical":[69],"model":[70],"that":[71,196,208,223,282,301],"can":[72],"be":[73,277,337],"used":[74,210],"explore":[76],"how":[77],"might":[85],"survive":[86],"grow":[88],"soil":[92],"environment":[93,321],"surrounding":[94],"habitat.":[96],"A":[97],"user":[98],"interface":[99],"has":[100],"been":[101],"developed":[102],"allow":[104],"general":[106,185],"practitioner":[107],"choose":[109],"values":[110,138],"functions":[112],"almost":[114],"all":[115],"parameters":[116],"ranging":[117],"number":[120,172],"astronauts":[122],"half-saturation":[125],"constants":[126],"growth.":[129],"Systematic":[130],"deviations":[131],"baseline":[134],"set":[135],"parameter":[137,193],"are":[139,158,181,258,302],"explored":[140],"plausible":[143,192],"scenarios":[144,281],"first":[147],"missions.":[150],"The":[151,184],"total":[152,171,176],"viable":[153,179],"population":[154,156,199,247],"density":[157,200],"primary":[160],"state":[161],"variables":[162,167],"interest,":[164],"but":[165],"other":[166],"such":[168],"births":[174],"dead":[177],"also":[182],"tracked.":[183],"approach":[186],"was":[187,209],"find":[189],"most":[191],"value":[194],"combinations":[195],"produced":[197],"1":[202,269],"microbe/cm3":[203],"or":[204],"greater,":[205],"threshold":[207],"categorize":[212],"more":[214],"noteworthy":[215],"populations":[216],"subsequent":[218],"analysis.":[219],"Preliminary":[220],"assessments":[221],"indicate":[222],"resulting":[227],"leakage":[229],"limited":[232],"(perhaps":[235],"lasting":[236],"up":[237],"5":[239],"months)":[240],"will":[241],"not":[242],"become":[244],"problematic":[246,285],"near-term":[250],"long":[252],"reasonable":[254],"control":[256],"measures":[257],"implemented":[259],"(for":[260],"example,":[261],"habitat":[263],"leak":[264],"rate":[265,298],"no":[266],"greater":[267],"than":[268],"%":[270],"per":[271],"hour).":[272],"However,":[273],"there":[274],"appear":[275],"plausible,":[278],"albeit":[279],"unlikely,":[280],"cause":[284],"populations,":[286],"depending":[287],"part":[289],"(a)":[291],"initial":[293],"survival":[294,340],"fraction":[295],"death":[297],"leaked":[303],"into":[304],"which":[308,333],"depends":[309],"largely":[310],"possibility":[313],"protection":[315],"high":[318],"UV":[319],"radiation":[320],"Mars,":[323],"(b)":[324],"organic":[325],"nutrient":[326],"availability,":[327,332],"(c)":[329],"liquid":[330],"water":[331],"is":[334],"limiting":[339],"growth":[342],"factor.":[343]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-09-22T06:50:58.402377","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}