"Will the Mars rovers be able to look for fossils (gross and/or microscopic)? If so, is it part of the exploration plan?"
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Astrobiology: The Study of the Living Universe
September 26, 2005 / Posted by: Shige Abe
Christopher Chyba and Kevin Hand of the NAI’s SETI Institute Lead Team have just published this article in the Annual Reviews of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ARAA). It reviews the habitability of the Galaxy in general and of planets and moons in particular, and summarizes current controversies in origins-of-life research and in evidence for the earliest life on Earth. It critiques certain “rare Earth” and “anthropic” arguments, and considers four approaches to deciding whether intelligent life exists elsewhere in the Galaxy. It concludes that astrobiology must also speak to the future of human civilization.
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