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It seems like one could replicate this experiment on earth and verify non-biological origins for the observed results. I'm pretty sure we're familiar with the
by 01100011 7y ago
It seems like one could replicate this experiment on earth and verify non-biological origins for the observed results. I'm pretty sure we're familiar with the composition of martian soil by now. Create a sample with similar composition, blast it with UV rays in an atmosphere similar to Mars, and subject the soil sample to the same test.
- SubiculumCode 7y agoWhy isn't just a plain old microscope used to detect microbial life?
- cypherpunks01 7y agoI'm guessing this could be a potentially much faster method to search the space, if there were not too many organisms up there? If you used a robot to prepare microscope slides of random soil samples, it could take an exceedingly long time to get lucky enough to find one, even if there are a lot around.
- 01100011 7y agoI'm not talking about detecting life. I'm talking about replicating the experiment which was performed on Mars to see if perchlorates are formed and some other reaction is responsible for the gaseous carbon isotopes.