There are more inhospitable places on earth for life than this and they are much less hot and acidic. For instance, in the Atacama desert, the driest parts of

There are more inhospitable places on earth for life than this and they are much less hot and acidic. For instance, in the Atacama desert, the driest parts of which have never recorded rain and look like a spitting image of Mars, NASA scientists looked for bacteria and found absolutely nothing[1]. The researchers even said: "The Atacama is the only place on Earth that I've taken soil samples to grow microorganisms back at the lab and nothing whatsoever grew." 1. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2003/03_87AR.html https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2003/03_87AR...