Publication Date:
2017-10-02
Description:
This report assesses the availability of nutrient elements, energy and liquid water on the plains surrounding Columbia Memorial Station by evaluating observations by the MER rover Spirit in the context of previous Mars missions, Earth-based studies of martian meteorites and studies of microbial communities on Earth that represent potential analogs of martian biota.
Keywords:
Exobiology
Type:
Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVI, Part 4; LPI-Contrib-1234-Pt-4
Format:
application/pdf