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October 01, 2015

Search for Mars life stymied by contamination threat
Paris (AFP) Oct 1, 2015
A multi-billion-dollar robot dispatched to Mars to search for life must steer clear of promising "hot spots" for fear of spreading microbes from Earth, NASA project scientists said Thursday. The spectre of a missed opportunity was thrown into sharp relief by smoking-gun evidence unveiled this week that liquid water, a prerequisite for life, existed not only in a distant Martian past, but is likely there today. "Curiosity isn't designed to go to a place that can currently support microbial life," ... read more

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