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Search for life on Mars

André Brack, Paul Clancy, Brian Fitton, Beda Hoffmann, Gerda Horneck, Gero Kurat, James Maxwell, Gian Ori, Colin Pillinger, François Raulin, Nicolas Thomas, Frances Westall

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André Brack
Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS, Orléans, France
Paul Clancy
ESA-ESTEC, Noordwick, The Netherlands
Brian Fitton
ESC, Noordwick, The Netherlands
Beda Hoffmann
Naturhistorishes Museum, Bern, Switzerland
Gerda Horneck
Institute of Aerospace Medicine, DLR, Porz-Wahn, Germany,
Gero Kurat
Naturhistorishes Museum, Wien, Austria
James Maxwell
Chemistry Department, Bristol University, Bristol, England
Gian Ori
Dipartimento di Scienze, Universita d 'Annunzio, Pescara, Italy
Colin Pillinger
Planetary Science Research Institute, Open University, Milton Keynes, England
François Raulin
LISA, CNRS & Universités Paris 12 & 7, Créteil, France
Nicolas Thomas
MPI für Aeronomie, Lindau, Germany
Frances Westall
Planetary Sciences Branch, NASA-Johnson Space Centre, Houston, USA

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1998 Volume 12Issue 2Pages 119-123

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2187/bss.12.119

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Published: 1998Received: October 03, 1998Available on J-STAGE: February 01, 2006Accepted: -Advance online publication: -Revised: -

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A multi-user integrated suite of instruments designed to optimize the search for evidence of life on Mars is described. The package includes: - Surface inspection and surface environment analysis to identify the potential Mars landing sites, to inspect the surface geology and mineralogy, to search for visible surficial microbial macrofossils, to study the surface radiation budget and surface oxidation processes, to search for niches for extant life. - Subsurface sample acquisition by core drilling- Analysis of surface and subsurface minerals and organics to characterize the surface mineralogy, to analyse the surface and subsurface oxidants, to analyse the mineralogy of subsurface aliquots, to analyse the organics present in the subsurface aliquots (elemental and molecular composition, isotopes, chirality). - Macroscopic and microscopic inspection of subsurface aliquots to search for life's indicators (paleontological, biological, mineralogical) and to characterize the mineralogy of the subsurface aliquots. The study is led by ESA Manned Spaceflight and Microgravity Directorate.

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