Findings of the Mars Special Regions Science Analysis Group

David W. Beaty; Karen L. Buxbaum; Michael A. Meyer; Nadine Barlow; William Boynton; Benton Clark; Jody Deming; Peter T. Doran; Kenneth Edgett; Steven Hancock; James Head; Michael Hecht; Victoria Hipkin; Thomas Kieft; Rocco Mancinelli; Eric McDonald; Christopher McKay; Michael Mellon; Horton Newsom; Gian Ori; David Paige; Andrew C. Schuerger; Mitchell Sogin; J. Andrew Spry; Andrew Steele; Kenneth Tanaka; Mary Voytek

doi:10.1089/ast.2006.6.677

Findings of the Mars Special Regions Science Analysis Group

David W. Beaty, Karen L. Buxbaum, Michael A. Meyer, Nadine Barlow, William Boynton, Benton Clark, Jody Deming, Peter T. Doran, Kenneth Edgett, Steven Hancock, James Head, Michael Hecht, Victoria Hipkin, Thomas Kieft, Rocco Mancinelli, Eric McDonald, Christopher McKay, Michael Mellon, Horton Newsom, Gian OriDavid Paige, Andrew C. Schuerger, Mitchell Sogin, J. Andrew Spry, Andrew Steele, Kenneth Tanaka, Mary Voytek

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In summary, within the upper 5 m most of Mars is either too cold or too dry to support the propagation of terrestrial life. However, there are regions that are in disequilibrium, naturally or induced, and could be classified as "special" or, if enough uncertainty exist, could not be declared as "non-special."

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	677-732
Number of pages	56
Journal	Astrobiology
Volume	6
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2006.6.677
State	Published - Oct 2006

Keywords

Extremophile microorganism
Habitability
Mars
Planetary protection
Special region
Water activity

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Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Space and Planetary Science

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Beaty, D. W., Buxbaum, K. L., Meyer, M. A., Barlow, N., Boynton, W., Clark, B., Deming, J., Doran, P. T., Edgett, K., Hancock, S., Head, J., Hecht, M., Hipkin, V., Kieft, T., Mancinelli, R., McDonald, E., McKay, C., Mellon, M., Newsom, H., ... Voytek, M. (2006). Findings of the Mars Special Regions Science Analysis Group. Astrobiology, 6(5), 677-732. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2006.6.677

Beaty, DW, Buxbaum, KL, Meyer, MA, Barlow, N, Boynton, W, Clark, B, Deming, J, Doran, PT, Edgett, K, Hancock, S, Head, J, Hecht, M, Hipkin, V, Kieft, T, Mancinelli, R, McDonald, E, McKay, C, Mellon, M, Newsom, H, Ori, G, Paige, D, Schuerger, AC, Sogin, M, Spry, JA, Steele, A, Tanaka, K & Voytek, M 2006, 'Findings of the Mars Special Regions Science Analysis Group', Astrobiology, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 677-732. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2006.6.677

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