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Andean Bioexpedition To Highest Lake Mimics Old Mars

Posted by Hemos on from the examing-the-past-to-see-the-future dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The analogy between the highest lake on Earth and extremes on Mars has NASA Ames and the SETI Institute collaborating to analyze microbial samples. The combination of high ultraviolet radiation, low oxygen, low atmospheric pressure approximates the closest one can come to what Mars was like 3.5 billion years ago when it was wet and warm. The expedition page has a running schedule for the next 3 weeks."

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  1. Re:3.5 million years ago ? by Myco · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sorry, we reserve holding guns to researchers' heads for when they are working on anti-Patriotic projects. :P

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  2. Re:Electronic Impact by jericho4.0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    If I got my GPS working on Mars, and then had it knocked out by a gamma-ray, I'd be pissed. :-)

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