"If a moon base were to be built, what would it use as a source of oxygen and water?"
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Seminar Detail
A complex compositional and aqueous history of Mars
Presenter: Joshua Bandfield (Research Assistant Professor, Earth & Space Sciences/Astrobiology, University of Washington, Seattle)
November 4, 2008 02:30 PM Pacific
Spectroscopic datasets from orbiters and landers have been used to identify a growing variety of compositions on Mars. Evidence for sedimentary silica, sulfates, carbonates, phyllosilcates, iron oxides, and chlorides indicates a relatively rich and varied Martian aqueous history that is fundamentally changing our understanding of the planet. This increasingly detailed compositional picture can be used to infer the spatial and temporal extent of habitable environments as well as the potential for biological development and its subsequent preservation.
Participation Instructions
December 21, 2007
