Combustion of Organic Molecules by the Thermal Decomposition of Perchlorate Salts: Implications for Organics at the Mars Phoenix Scout Landing Site

• Main Authors: Boynton, W.V., Morris, R.V., Lauer, H.V., Sutter, B., Niles, B., Golden, D.C., Ming, D.W., Archer, P.D.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration; Arctic; The Landing
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20090010422

The Mars 2007 Phoenix Scout Mission successfully landed on May 25, 2008 and operated on the northern plains of Mars for 150 sols. The primary mission objective was to study the history of water and evaluate the potential for past and present habitability in Martian arctic ice-rich soil [1]. Phoenix...