Reassessing the possibility of life on venus: Proposal for an astrobiology mission

Astrobiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 197-202

  Schulze Makuch, Dirk ^a   Irwin, Louis N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud particle; Extreme environment; Life; Mission; Supercritical water; Venus

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGY; SPACE FLIGHT;

BIOGENESIS; EARTH (PLANET); EXOBIOLOGY; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE FLIGHT; VENUS; WATER;

EID: 0036616686     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/15311070260192264     Document Type: Article

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