• DocumentCode
    1191773
  • Title

    Mars: dead or alive?

  • Author

    Digregorio, Barry E.

  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    5/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    36
  • Lastpage
    41
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.2003.1197478
  • Filename
    1197478