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A ''special region'' on Mars for the purposes of [[Planetary protection]] is a region classified by COSPAR where terrestrial organisms are likely to propagate, or interpreted to have a high potential for existence of extamt Martian life forms.<ref name=MarsSpecialRegions2014>Rummel, J.D., Beaty, D.W., Jones, M.A., Bakermans, C., Barlow, N.G., Boston, P.J., Chevrier, V.F., Clark, B.C., de Vera, J.P.P., Gough, R.V. and Hallsworth, J.E., 2014. [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Beaty/publication/268444482_A_new_analysis_of_Mars_Special_Regions_findings_of_the_second_MEPAG_Special_Regions_Science_Analysis_Group_SR-SAG2/links/547c9b0b0cf27ed9786229dd.pdf A new analysis of Mars “special regions”: findings of the second MEPAG Special Regions Science Analysis Group (SR-SAG2)].</ref><REF>COSPAR. (2011)COSPAR Planetary Protection Policy[20October 2002, as amended to 24 March 2011], COSPAR,Paris.</REF><ref name="ESA">[http://exploration.esa.int/mars/43615-exomars-planetary-protection/ Planetary protection for ExoMars], ESA {{Quote|''!The ExoMars mission is classified as Planetary Protection Category IVb based on the mission objectives to search for life on Mars and in agreement with the COSPAR Planetary Protection Policy. The ExoMars mission does not intend to access a Mars special region.
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{{quote|Conditions on the surface of Mars areoften described as being cold and dry (along with dusty andcratered). As it happens, those conditions are critical to the ability of terrestrial organisms to replicate in any environment. If it is too cold (or too hot) or too dry, terrestrial microbes will not replicate. Thus we define the basic parameters of a Special Region (without margin) as a location where<br>
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