Why NASA's Next Mars Rover Won't Seek Current Life

Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 06:30 in Astronomy & Space

Some people may be disappointed that NASA's next Mars rover won't carry a life-detection experiment, but hunting for currently existing Red Planet microbes is decidedly premature at this point, mission planners say. Looking for past life is a better bet.

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