The challenge of remote exploration for extraterrestrial fossil life

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3111, Issue , 1997, Pages 98-108

  Benoit, P H ^a   Taunton, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars; Martian meteorites; Nanobacteria; Scanning electron microscopy; Spacecraft instrumentation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBONATES; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; METEORITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

NANOBACTERIA;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031310981     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.278764     Document Type: Conference Paper

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