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We Should Search for Extant Life on Mars in this Decade

Whitepaper #112 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: habitability and water; life and prebiotic organics; Mars

Published onMar 18, 2021
We Should Search for Extant Life on Mars in this Decade

We advocate the search for extant Martian life should be accomplished in a focused mission or program in the next decade or be included among New Frontiers candidate missions. Four examples of habitable environments on modern Mars that merit a search for extant life are described along with potential approaches for their exploration.

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