Instruments for detecting life on Mars

ToSeek · #1 (**permalink**) 10-September-2004, 06:13 PM

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A remote Mars life-detection strategy is being tested in the fjords of Scandinavia, with a goal of eventually identifying even a single biological cell hiding in the rugged landscape.

aurora · #2 (**permalink**) 10-September-2004, 09:13 PM

I'd like to see it tested in the Argentina desert (I'm drawing a blank on the name, but there was a recent article in the news about how it is extremely dry and they thought there was no life there).

ToSeek · #3 (**permalink**) 10-September-2004, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by aurora

I'd like to see it tested in the Argentina desert (I'm drawing a blank on the name, but there was a recent article in the news about how it is extremely dry and they thought there was no life there).

Chile's Atacama Desert - probably a good "control" sample.

aurora · #4 (**permalink**) 10-September-2004, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ToSeek

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Originally Posted by aurora

I'd like to see it tested in the Argentina desert (I'm drawing a blank on the name, but there was a recent article in the news about how it is extremely dry and they thought there was no life there).

Chile's Atacama Desert - probably a good "control" sample.

Yes, that's the one.

Probably a good control, although if the test turned up positive, then they'd have to validate that the sample really did include life after all.

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