The Antarctic cold desert and the search for traces of life on Mars
The cryptoendolithic microoganisms that live inside rocks in the frigid Ross Desert of Antarctica can serve as a terrestrial model for what may have happened to life forms on Mars when the planet became dry and cold. Trace fossils of microbial rock colonization exist in Antarctica, and similar struc...
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ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19870065736 2023-05-15T14:01:08+02:00 The Antarctic cold desert and the search for traces of life on Mars Friedmann, E. I. Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available JAN 1, 1986 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19870065736 unknown http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19870065736 Accession ID: 87A53010 Copyright Other Sources 55 Advances in Space Research; 6; 12, 1 1986 ftnasantrs 2012-02-15T17:18:33Z The cryptoendolithic microoganisms that live inside rocks in the frigid Ross Desert of Antarctica can serve as a terrestrial model for what may have happened to life forms on Mars when the planet became dry and cold. Trace fossils of microbial rock colonization exist in Antarctica, and similar structures could have formed on Mars. In some respects, such trace fossils could be an easier target for life-detection systems than fossils of cellular structures. Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Antarctic The Antarctic |
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The cryptoendolithic microoganisms that live inside rocks in the frigid Ross Desert of Antarctica can serve as a terrestrial model for what may have happened to life forms on Mars when the planet became dry and cold. Trace fossils of microbial rock colonization exist in Antarctica, and similar structures could have formed on Mars. In some respects, such trace fossils could be an easier target for life-detection systems than fossils of cellular structures. |
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