"Would fossil stromatolites or any other signs of bacterial activity be detectable on Mars using the existing probes and landers?"
Now showing: Year 2007 projects that addressed Astrobiology Roadmap Objective 2.1
Roadmap Goal 2: Explore for past or present habitable environments, prebiotic chemistry and signs of life elsewhere in our Solar System
Objective 2.1: Mars exploration
Adaptation to salinity in microbial communities
Biological potential of Mars
Biosignatures in chemosynthetic and photosynthetic systems
Breakdown of methane due to electric discharge: A Laboratory Investigation with Relevance to Mars
Climate, Habitability, and the Atmosphere on early Mars
Construction of a borehole apparatus for sampling of fluids and microbes in sub-permafrost groundwater, Nunavut Territory, Canada
Drilling a borehole for sampling of gases, water, and microbes in sub-permafrost groundwater at High Lake, Nunavut Territory, Canada
Earthbound microbial and geological robotic based observations for Mars
Evolution of abiotic environments to ecosystems
Evolution of Atmospheric O2, Climate, and Biosphere (Ohmoto)
Evolution of the interior and its consequences for water on Mars
Examination of the Microbial Diversity Found in Ice Cores (Brenchley)
Experimental Study of Radiolytic Oxidation of Pyrite as a source of sulfate and hydrogen to sustain microbial metabolism
FMARS Long Duration Mission: a simulation of manned Mars explora
FMARS Long Duration Mission: a simulation of manned Mars exploration in an analogue environment, Devon Island, Canada
Habitable Planets
History and evolution of surface water on Mars
Hydrology and microbiology of active springs
Ice in Sublimation Environments
Iron and sulfur-based biospheres and their biosignatures
Laser mass spectrometry for planetary analog and in situ chemical analyses
Martian Slope Streaks
Origin and Evolution of Organics in Planetary Systems
Planetary Biology, Evolution, and Intelligence
TEAM: SETI / ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2
Project 1. From Molecular Clouds to Habitable Planetary Systems
Project 2. Extraterrestrial Materials: Origin and Evolution of Organic Matter and Water in the Solar System
Project 6. Molecular and Isotopic Biosignatures
Project 7. Astrobiotechnology
Saline Lakes and Gypsum Dunes in the Rio Grande Rift System as Analogues for Sulfate Deposits on Mars
Search for Biomarker Gases on Mars
Simulating Preservation of Amino Acids and Peptides in Evaporitic Sulfate Deposits on the Surface of Mars
Stability of methane hydrates in the presence of high salinity brines on Mars
Summary of Activities in the Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory
Survival capability of a cold-loving microbe in a Mars simulation chamber
TES study of intracrater low albedo deposits, Amazonis Planitia, Mars
The impact of atmospheric particles on life
THEMIS thermal inertia study of sulfates identified in Valles Marineris, Mars
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