We Might Have Accidentally Killed the Only Life We Ever Found on Mars Nearly 50 Years Ago - JSTOR Daily
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In one experiment, the Viking landers added water to Martian soil samples. That might have been a very bad idea.
  • @[email protected]
    55•2 years ago

    Worth noting the article argues we killed life on Mars inside of a sample taken, NOT all life on Mars.

    • @mangotopEnglish
      38•2 years ago

      great article, but the clickbait title is clearly intended to be misleading

    • AgamemnonM
      18•2 years ago

      A very important distinction.

  • AgamemnonM
    10•2 years ago

    I do agree with the conclusion. - A new mission dedicated to answering the question of life on Mars is warranted. Earthbound discoveries of extremophile microbial life in the past decades have broadened our definition of life-enabling environmental conditions and discoveries of new classes of only intermittently alive cells/spores have broadened our definition of life itself.

    Plus, apart from satisfying our curiosity, we will very likely get some insights into our own biochemistry along the way.