Report of the COSPAR Mars special regions colloquium
In: Advances in Space Research Advances in Space Research, Elsevier, 2010, 46 (6), pp.811-829. ⟨10.1016/j.asr.2010.04.039⟩; (2010-09-15)
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International audience; In this paper we present the findings of a COSPAR Mars Special Regions Colloquium held in Rome in 2007. We review and discuss the definition of Mars Special Regions, the physical parameters used to define Mars Special Regions, and physical features on Mars that can be interpreted as Mars Special Regions. We conclude that any region experiencing temperatures > -25 degrees C for a few hours a year and a water activity > 0.5 can potentially allow the replication of terrestrial microorganisms. Physical features on Mars that can be interpreted as meeting these conditions constitute a Mars Special Region. Based on current knowledge of the martian environment and the conservative nature of planetary protection, the following features constitute Mars Special regions: Gullies and bright streaks associated with them, pasted-on terrain, deep subsurface, dark streaks only on a case-by-case basis, others to be determined. The parameter definition and the associated list of physical features should be re-evaluated on a regular basis.
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Report of the COSPAR Mars special regions colloquium
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| Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Conley, Catharine A. ; Clifford, Stephen M. ; Heldmann, Jennifer L. ; Stabekis, Pericles ; Gian Gabriele Ori ; Raulin, François ; Westall, Frances ; Boynton, William V. ; Meyer, M. S. ; Wells, Llyd E. ; Spry, J. A. ; Cockell, Charles S. ; Hecht, Michael H. ; Kminek, Gerhard ; Parnell, John ; Newsom, Horton E. ; Kieft, Thomas L. ; Prieur, Daniel ; Stackebrandt, Erko ; Vago, Jorge L. ; Davila, Alfonso F. ; Hipkin, V. ; Atlas, Robert ; Debus, André ; Doran, Peter T. ; Barlow, Nadine G. ; Helbert, Jörn ; Schulze-Makuch, Dirk ; Voytek, Mary A. ; Beaty, David ; Viso, Michel ; Klingelhoefer, G. ; Rummel, John D. ; Horneck, Gerda ; Carr, Michael H. ; Agence Spatiale Européenne (ESA) ; European Space Agency (ESA) ; East Carolina University [Greenville] (ECU) ; University of North Carolina System (UNC) ; The Open University [Milton Keynes] (OU) ; University of Louisville ; Northern Arizona University [Flagstaff] ; NASA, Jet Prop Lab, CALTECH, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA ; Lunar and Planetary Laboratory [Tucson] (LPL) ; University of Arizona ; United States Geological Survey (USGS) ; Lunar and Planetary Institute [Houston] (LPI) ; Headquarters, NASA ; NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) ; Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES) ; University of Illinois [Chicago] (UIC) ; University of Illinois System ; DLR Institut für Planetenforschung ; Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt [Berlin] (DLR) ; Canadian Space Agency (CSA) ; German Aerospace Center (DLR) ; New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology [New Mexico Tech] (NMT) ; Institute of Physics, University of Mainz ; The University of New Mexico [Albuquerque] ; International Research School of Planetary Sciences [Pescara] (IRSPS) ; Università degli studi 'G. d'Annunzio' Chieti-Pescara [Chieti-Pescara] (Ud'A) ; University of Aberdeen ; Université de Brest (UBO) ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ; Washington State University (WSU) ; Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH / Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ) ; University of Pennsylvania [Philadelphia] ; Centre de biophysique moléculaire (CBM) ; Université d'Orléans (UO)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC) ; Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) ; Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology ; CEA ; Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) ; Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA (UMR_7583)) ; Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ; Université d'Orléans (UO)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ; Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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| Quelle: | Advances in Space Research Advances in Space Research, Elsevier, 2010, 46 (6), pp.811-829. ⟨10.1016/j.asr.2010.04.039⟩; (2010-09-15) |
| Veröffentlichung: | HAL CCSD, 2010 |
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| ISSN: | 0273-1177 (print) |
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