Title :
Mars: dead or alive?
Author :
Digregorio, Barry E.
fDate :
5/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A miniaturized marvel of engineering aspires to rewrite the textbooks about life on the Red Planet. The paper discusses the Beagle 2 mission to Mars. Mention is made of the instrumentation together with the search for life.
Keywords :
Mars; astronomical instruments; extraterrestrial life; planetary surfaces; Beagle 2 mission; Mars; extraterrestrial life; instrumentation; Chemistry; Costs; Instruments; Mars; NASA; Optical microscopy; Organic materials; Packaging; Planets; Spectroscopy;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.2003.1197478
