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Searching for life: the case for halobacteria on mars
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Landis, Geoffrey A. |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Description | A major objective for NASA exploration of Mars is to determine whether life has existed on Mars in the past, and whether such life on Mars may persist to the present day. On Earth, life exists in all niches in which water exists in liquid form for at least a portion of the year. On Mars, any liquid water would have to be a highly concentrated brine solution. It is likely, therefore, that any present-day Martian microorganisms would be similar to terrestrial halophiles. |
| File Size | 260850 |
| Page Count | 4 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20020024800 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3pw1fj6m |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2001-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Water Microorganisms Brines Extraterrestrial Life Mars Planet Halophiles Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
