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Detection of microbes in the subsurface
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | White, David C. Tunlid Sr., Anders |
| Copyright Year | 1989 |
| Description | The search for evidence of microbial life in the deep subsurface of Earth has implications for the Mars Rover Sampling Return Missions program. If suitably protected environments can be found on Mars then the instrumentation to detect biomarkers could be used to examine the molecular details. Finding a lipid in Martian soil would represent possibly the simplest test for extant or extinct life. A device that could do a rapid extraction possibly using the supercritical fluid technology under development now with a detection of the carbon content would clearly indicate a sample to be returned. |
| File Size | 155634 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19890017001 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6741p67q |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1989-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Microorganisms Extraterrestrial Life Mars Sample Return Missions Lipids Mars Surface Sediments Mars Surface Samples Organic Compounds Fossils Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
