HOW TO SEARCH FOR LIFE ON MARS

HOW TO SEARCH FOR LIFE ON MARS

McKay and Garcia narrate experiments now under development that could finally answer one of the most profound questions in science: whether life exist outside Earth. A modern search for life on Mars could employ biological tests that commonly use on Earth. Such experiments could be included on a num...

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Veröffentlicht in:Scientific American 2014-06, Vol.310 (6), p.44-49
Hauptverfasser: McKay, Christopher P., García, Victor Parro
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Exobiology
Experiments
Extraterrestrial life
Mars
Soil - chemistry
Space exploration
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Zusammenfassung:McKay and Garcia narrate experiments now under development that could finally answer one of the most profound questions in science: whether life exist outside Earth. A modern search for life on Mars could employ biological tests that commonly use on Earth. Such experiments could be included on a number of missions that are scheduled to travel to Mars by the end of this decade.
ISSN:0036-8733
1946-7087
DOI:10.1038/scientificamerican0614-44