Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
The search for evidence of habitability, or of extant or extinct life on Mars, will initially be a search for evidence of past or present conditions supportive of life. The three key requirements for the emergence of life are thought to be liquid water; a suitable energy source; and chemical building blocks. CheMin is a miniaturized XRD/XRF (X-Ray diffraction / X-ray fluorescence) instrument which has been developed for definitive mineralogic analysis of soils and rocks on the Martian surface. The CheMin instrument can provide information that is highly relevant to each of these habitability requirements as summarized below.
Keywords:
Man/System Technology and Life Support
Type:
Mars Astrobiology Science and Technology Workshop; Sep 07, 2004 - Sep 12, 2004; Washington, DC; United States
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