Microorganisms on Comets, Europa and the Polar Ice Caps of Mars

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5163, Issue , 2004, Pages 191-201

  Hoover, Richard B ^a   Pikuta, Elena V ^a  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Comets; Europa; Lake Vostok; Mars; Microbial extremophiles; Psychrophiles

Indexed keywords

ASTROBIOLOGY; COMETS; EUROPA; MICROBIALS EXTREMOPHILES;

COSMIC RAYS; EARTH (PLANET); FUNGI; GLACIERS; ROCKS; SNOW; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

MICROORGANISMS;

EID: 1942423229     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.513432     Document Type: Conference Paper

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