On the Search for Extant Life on Mars
| Autor: | Harold P. Klein |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
| Předmět: |
Extraterrestrial Environment
business.industry Cold climate Environmental resource management Mars Water Astronomy and Astrophysics Biota Mars Exploration Program Space Flight Cold Climate Life on Mars Astrobiology Geography Extant taxon Space and Planetary Science Extraterrestrial life Exobiology Environmental Microbiology Desert Climate business Cold weather |
| Zdroj: | Icarus. 120:431-436 |
| ISSN: | 0019-1035 |
| DOI: | 10.1006/icar.1996.0062 |
| Popis: | Proposals for continuing the search for extant life on Mars are primarily predicated on the assumption that specialized environmental niches that could support a biota may exist on the planet. Before attempting any critical tests for extant organisms, either in situ or on returned samples, it is imperative to determine whether any such sites actually exist. If, through remote sensing and landed instrumentation, sites of potential biological interest are discovered and characterized, biological tests can then more effectively be planned to elicit the presence of organisms that are adapted to living in these particular environments. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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