Feb 28
Simulated Mission in Chilean Desert Shows How a Rover Could Detect Life on Mars
Posted in: Today's ChiliBy using the barren Atacama Desert in Chile as a stand-in for Mars, researchers have shown that it’s possible to use an autonomous rover-mounted drill to detect life beneath a desolate surface. Encouragingly, the test resulted in the discovery of a resilient microorganism—exactly the kind of creature that could lurk…
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