Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition (AMASE) - Taking
the search for Life down to Earth
Astrobiology
Friday 08 December 2006
from 16:00
to 17:30 at
Nordita Building
Speaker :
Prof. Hans E.F. Amundsen (Physics of Geological Processes, Univ. Oslo)
Abstract :
Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition (AMASE)
.
My astrobiology activities are aimed at studying carbonate deposition,
organic synthesis, fossil biomarkers and microbial activity in Mars analog
field sites on Svalbard - combined with testing of strategies- and
instruments under development for future "Search for Life" missions to Mars.
AMASE 06 involved testing of payload instruments onboard NASA's
Mars Science
Laboratory mission
as well as a
robot (CliffBot) and a space suite
.
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