Use of orbital missions to detect traces of life or favourable habitats on Mars

dc.contributor.author	Muller, C.
dc.date	2002
dc.date.accessioned	2021-07-22T07:47:59Z
dc.date.available	2021-07-22T07:47:59Z
dc.identifier.uri	https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/7920
dc.description	The remote sensing possibilities of orbiters together with their global mapping possibilities allow them to search for an inventory of characteristics of a life habitat on Mars, they permit also a systematic search for the gases that could be indicative of life episodes as well as favourable radiation environments. The current missions are reviewed versus their capability for this objective and ideas are proposed for a specific astrobiology Mars orbiter. Orbiters combine global mapping with the satisfaction of contamination requirements. The recent mapping of dark dune spots and underground ice deposits as well as previous unverified enhancements in atmospheric composition shows possible ways to use orbiters in life detection.
dc.language	eng
dc.title	Use of orbital missions to detect traces of life or favourable habitats on Mars
dc.type	Conference
dc.subject.frascati	Physical sciences
dc.audience	Scientific
dc.subject.free	Atmospheric composition
dc.subject.free	Gases
dc.subject.free	Ice
dc.subject.free	Orbits
dc.subject.free	Remote sensing
dc.subject.free	Astrobiology
dc.subject.free	Martian surface analysis
dc.source.title	ESA-SP 518, Proceedings of the First European Workshop on Exo-Astrobiology
dc.source.issue	518
dc.source.page	545-546
Orfeo.peerreviewed	No
dc.identifier.scopus	2-s2.0-0036766580