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Searching for Life with Rovers: Exploration Methods & Science Results from the 2004 Field Campaign of the "Life in the Atacama" Project and Applications to Future Mars Missions

Nathalie A. Cabrol, David Wettergreen, Red Whittaker, E. A. Grin, J. E. Moersch, Guillermo Chong Dı́az, C. Cockell, Peter Coppin, J. M. Dohm, Gregory W. Fisher

Year: 2005
Citations: 2

Abstract

The Life In The Atacama (LITA) project develops and field tests a long-range, solarpowered, automated rover platform (Zo ) and a science payload assembled to search for microbial life in the Atacama desert. Life is barely detectable over most of the driest desert on Earth. Its unique geological, climatic, and biological evolution have created a unique training site for designing and testing exploration strategies and life detection methods for the robotic search for life on Mars.

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Life on MarsExploration of MarsPayload (computing)Mars Exploration ProgramAstrobiologyDesert (philosophy)Extraterrestrial lifeField (mathematics)Remote sensingMartian

Searching for Life with Rovers: Exploration Methods & Science Results from the 2004 Field Campaign of the "Life in the Atacama" Project and Applications to Future Mars Missions

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