The search for life on Mars and in the Solar System - strategies, logistics and infrastructures
The question "Are we alone in the Universe?" is perhaps the most fundamental one that affects mankind. How can we address the search for life in our Solar System? Mars, Enceladus and Europa are the focus of the search for life outside the terrestrial biosphere. While it is more likely to f...
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ftfhaachen:oai:opus-fhaachen:10094 2023-05-15T16:38:16+02:00 The search for life on Mars and in the Solar System - strategies, logistics and infrastructures Jean-Pierre P., de Vera Baque, Mickael Billi, Daniela Böttger, Ute Bulat, Sergey Czupalla, Markus Dachwald, Bernd (Prof. Dr.-Ing.) de la Torre, Rosa Elsaesser, Andreas Foucher, Frédéric Korsitzky, Hartmut Kozyrovska, Natalia Läufer, Andreas Moeller, Ralf Olsson-Francis, Karen Onofri, Silvano Sommer, Stefan Wagner, Dirk Westall, Frances 2022-06-30 https://opus.bibliothek.fh-aachen.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/10094 eng eng https://opus.bibliothek.fh-aachen.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/10094 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess conferenceobject doc-type:conferenceobject 2022 ftfhaachen 2023-04-07T14:43:51Z The question "Are we alone in the Universe?" is perhaps the most fundamental one that affects mankind. How can we address the search for life in our Solar System? Mars, Enceladus and Europa are the focus of the search for life outside the terrestrial biosphere. While it is more likely to find remnants of life (fossils of extinct life) on Mars because of its past short time window of the surface habitability, it is probably more likely to find traces of extant life on the icy moons and ocean worlds of Jupiter and Saturn. Nevertheless, even on Mars there could still be a chance to find extant life in niches near to the surface or in just discovered subglacial lakes beneath the South Pole ice cap. Here, the different approaches for the detection of traces of life in the form of biosignatures including pre-biotic molecules will be presented. We will outline the required infrastructure for this enterprise and give examples of future mission concepts to investigate the presence of life on other planets and moons. Finally, we will provide suggestions on methods, techniques, operations and strategies for preparation and realization of future life detection missions. Conference Object Ice cap South pole Publication Server of the FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences South Pole Jupiter ENVELOPE(101.133,101.133,-66.117,-66.117) |
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The question "Are we alone in the Universe?" is perhaps the most fundamental one that affects mankind. How can we address the search for life in our Solar System? Mars, Enceladus and Europa are the focus of the search for life outside the terrestrial biosphere. While it is more likely to find remnants of life (fossils of extinct life) on Mars because of its past short time window of the surface habitability, it is probably more likely to find traces of extant life on the icy moons and ocean worlds of Jupiter and Saturn. Nevertheless, even on Mars there could still be a chance to find extant life in niches near to the surface or in just discovered subglacial lakes beneath the South Pole ice cap. Here, the different approaches for the detection of traces of life in the form of biosignatures including pre-biotic molecules will be presented. We will outline the required infrastructure for this enterprise and give examples of future mission concepts to investigate the presence of life on other planets and moons. Finally, we will provide suggestions on methods, techniques, operations and strategies for preparation and realization of future life detection missions. |
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Jean-Pierre P., de Vera Baque, Mickael Billi, Daniela Böttger, Ute Bulat, Sergey Czupalla, Markus Dachwald, Bernd (Prof. Dr.-Ing.) de la Torre, Rosa Elsaesser, Andreas Foucher, Frédéric Korsitzky, Hartmut Kozyrovska, Natalia Läufer, Andreas Moeller, Ralf Olsson-Francis, Karen Onofri, Silvano Sommer, Stefan Wagner, Dirk Westall, Frances |
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Jean-Pierre P., de Vera Baque, Mickael Billi, Daniela Böttger, Ute Bulat, Sergey Czupalla, Markus Dachwald, Bernd (Prof. Dr.-Ing.) de la Torre, Rosa Elsaesser, Andreas Foucher, Frédéric Korsitzky, Hartmut Kozyrovska, Natalia Läufer, Andreas Moeller, Ralf Olsson-Francis, Karen Onofri, Silvano Sommer, Stefan Wagner, Dirk Westall, Frances The search for life on Mars and in the Solar System - strategies, logistics and infrastructures |
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Jean-Pierre P., de Vera Baque, Mickael Billi, Daniela Böttger, Ute Bulat, Sergey Czupalla, Markus Dachwald, Bernd (Prof. Dr.-Ing.) de la Torre, Rosa Elsaesser, Andreas Foucher, Frédéric Korsitzky, Hartmut Kozyrovska, Natalia Läufer, Andreas Moeller, Ralf Olsson-Francis, Karen Onofri, Silvano Sommer, Stefan Wagner, Dirk Westall, Frances |
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The search for life on Mars and in the Solar System - strategies, logistics and infrastructures |
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The search for life on Mars and in the Solar System - strategies, logistics and infrastructures |
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The search for life on Mars and in the Solar System - strategies, logistics and infrastructures |
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The search for life on Mars and in the Solar System - strategies, logistics and infrastructures |
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The search for life on Mars and in the Solar System - strategies, logistics and infrastructures |
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