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Exolance Mission: Investigating Life on Mars

Utilize affordable engineering in science to investigate life on Mars. Take advantage of upcoming Mars lander missions for Exolance deployment. Conduct metabolic tests for living microorganisms in subsurface areas.

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Exolance Mission: Investigating Life on Mars

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  1. Engineering Affordable Science to Investigate Life on Mars

  2. The Mission • Take advantage of multiple Mars lander missions planned for next 10 – 15 years • Make Exolance “quiver” easy to integrate • Carry multiple Exolances on each flight • Exolance penetrator based on military “bunker buster” • Deploy during final phase of EDL and distribute across landing path

  3. The Science • Science payload – metabolic test that distinguishes non-living chemistry from the chemistry of living microorganisms • Exolance targets subsurface areas (1 – 2 m) where life is more likely to exist • Science payload stays with penetrator, aft body with communications gear remains on surface • Multiple probes expands sampling to multiple sites

  4. Dr. Steve McDaniel The Team Dr. Chris McKay Could we use pictures here? Dr. Gil Levin Joe Cassady

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