Did viking discover life on Mars?

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 625-631

  Klein, Harold P ^a  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCOLIC ACID; GLYCOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LACTIC ACID;

EXOBIOLOGY; MARS; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MICROCLIMATE; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; SPACE FLIGHT; UNMANNED; VIKING PROJECT;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; UNMANNED; VIKING PROJECT;

AMINO ACIDS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GLYCOLATES; LACTIC ACID; MARS; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0033426934     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006514327249     Document Type: Article

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