Astronomy / Space Ancient Mars Had Right Conditions For Underground Life, New Research Suggests

Manticore

Manticore
A new study shows evidence that ancient Mars probably had an ample supply of chemical energy for microbes to thrive underground.

"We showed, based on basic physics and chemistry calculations, that the ancient Martian subsurface likely had enough dissolved hydrogen to power a global subsurface biosphere," said Jesse Tarnas, a graduate student at Brown University and lead author of a study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters. "Conditions in this habitable zone would have been similar to places on Earth where underground life exists."
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https://phys.org/news/2018-09-ancient-mars-conditions-underground-life.html
 

Zak Gordon

Zak Gordon
Great article :) So that gives some real interesting reasons for sending people to Mars to properly look into it. Sure robots can do a decent amount of science, but ultimately it is going to take a human presence on Mars to really dig into things in detail, and speed up the advancement of that knowledge.
 

Lora Craft69

Lora Craft69
Zak Gordon said:
Great article :) So that gives some real interesting reasons for sending people to Mars to properly look into it. Sure robots can do a decent amount of science, but ultimately it is going to take a human presence on Mars to really dig into things in detail, and speed up the advancement of that knowledge.
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They probably send some more robot missions before thinking of putting humans on Mars but I cannot wait to see the day they actually launch a rocket with humans to Mars.
 

Manticore

Manticore
Zak Gordon said:
Great article :) So that gives some real interesting reasons for sending people to Mars to properly look into it. Sure robots can do a decent amount of science, but ultimately it is going to take a human presence on Mars to really dig into things in detail, and speed up the advancement of that knowledge.
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We need to speak to Elon Musk again after he gets over his current bout of craziness..................
 
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