Mars: Astrobiology

Conditions:

  • Water (?) -- more likely in the past (??)

  • Energy (from the Sun; is it enough?)

  • Minerals/salts

  • Organics? (hypothesized but not known)

  • Atmosphere: Carbon dioxide

  • Cycling of material?

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