The exobiology exploration of Mars: a survey of the European approaches

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Sep 2000

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Planetary and Space Science, Volume 48, Issue 11, p. 1023-1026.

Biology

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The similarities between the early histories of Mars and Earth raise the concomitant basic question: does our knowledge of primitive terrestrial life and of the early history of Mars allow us to expect life to have developed on Mars? The paper by McKay et al. (/1996. Science 273, 924-930.) reported possible relic biogenic activity in a Martian meteorite. Although this discovery is certain to be controversial, it gave a new impetus to the search for fossil life on Mars. American, European and Japanese space agencies have planned a very intensive exploration of Mars with a great emphasis on exobiology. Here are summarized the European approaches including the European Space Agency (ESA) Exobiology Multi-user Facility and the Beagle 2 exobiology lander of the ESA Mars Express mission.

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