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"How long does it take to create intelligent life out of microbial life in the fastest possible way where the planets climate is stable?"
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MAVEN
In September, NASA awarded the University of Colorado the biggest research grant in the school’s history for a project led by NAI Emeritus PI Bruce Jakosky to investigate the history of the climate on Mars. The idea behind the $486 million project—known as Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission, or MAVEN to try to discover why Mars’ climate has changed over the past few billions years, and whether the planet before those changes was an environment suitable for life…
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