Drilling in ancient permafrost on Mars for evidence of a second genesis of life

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1302-1308

  Smith, H D ^a,b   McKay, C P ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL SPACE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Exobiology; Experimental techniques; Ice; Mars; Search for life

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUEL DEPOSITS; ICE; MAGNETISM; MICROORGANISMS; PERMAFROST; PLANETS; RADIATION;

EXOBIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; MARS; SEARCH FOR LIFE;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 24644511666     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. M.H. Acuña, J.E.P. Connerney, N.F. Ness, R.P. Lin, D. Mitchell, C.W. Carlson, J. McFadden, K.A. Anderson, H. Reme, C. Mazelle, D. Vignes, P. Wasilewski, and P. Cloutier Global distribution of crustal magnetism discovered by the Mars Global Surveyor MAG/ER experiment Science 284 1999 790 793
2. J.L. Bada, and G.D. McDonald Amino acid racemization on Mars: implications for the preservation of biomolecules from an extinct martian Biota Icarus 114 1995 139 143
3. N. Barlow Mars: impact craters J.H. Shirley R.W. Fairbridge Encyclopedia of Planetary Sciences 1997 Chapman and Hall London
4. D.D. Bogard, R.N. Clayton, K. Marti, T. Owen, and G. Turner Martian volatiles: isotopic composition, origin, and evolution R. Kallenbach J. Geiss W.K. Hartmann Chronology and Evolution of Mars, Space Science Series of International Space Science Institute 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers The Netherlands 425 458
5. N.A. Cabrol, E.A. Grin, R. Landheim, R.O. Kuzmin, and R. Greeley Duration of the Ma'adim Vallis/Gusev Crater hydrogeologic system, Mars Icarus 133 1998 98 108
6. M.H. Carr Water on Mars 1996 Oxford University Press Oxford, UK
7. B.C. Christner, J.A. Mikucki, C.M. Foreman, J. Denson, and J.C. Priscu Glacial ice cores: a model system for developing extraterrestrial decontamination protocols Icarus 175 2 2005 572 584
8. J.E.P. Connerney, M.H. Acuna, P. Wasilewski, N.F. Ness, H. Reme, C. Mazelle, D. Vignes, R.P. Lin, D. Mitchell, and P. Cloutier Magnetic lineations in the ancient crust of Mars Science 284 1999 794 798
9. P.G. Conrad, and K.H. Nealson A non-Earth centric approach to life detection Astrobiology 1 2001 15 24
10. W.W. Dickenson, P. Cooper, B. Webster, and J. Ashby A portable drill rig for coring permafrost sediments J. Sediment. Res. 69 1999 518 521
11. P.T. Doran, S.L. Forman, N.C. Sturchio, S.M. Clifford, and D.A. Papanastassiou Measuring geologic time on Mars EOS 81 45 2000 533 535
12. M.H. Eiswirth, and H. Hotzel Tracer techniques and soil gas surveys for the detection of contaminant transport C. Leibundgut Comparison of Tracer Technologies for Hydrological Systems Vol. 229 1995 International Association of Hydrological Science 31 39
13. W.C. Feldman, W.V. Boynton, R.L. Tokar, T.H. Prettyman, O. Gasnault, S.W. Squyres, R.C. Elphic, D.J. Lawrence, S.L. Lawson, S. Maurice, G.W. McKinney, K.R. Moore, and R.C. Reedy Global distribution of neutrons from Mars: results from Mars Odyssey Science 297 2002 75 78
14. Gibson, J.J., Edwards, T.W.D., Birks, S.J., St. Amour, N.A., Buhay, B., McEachern, P., Wolfe, B.B., Peters, D.L., 2003. Progress in isotope tracer hydrology. Report of Canadian Geological Union, Hydrology Section Committee on Isotopic Tracers and Canadian Network for Isotopes in Precipitation Subcommittee.
15. D.A. Gilichinsky, E.A. Vorobyova, L.G. Erokhina, D.G. Fyordorov-Dayvdov, and N.R. Chaikovskaya Long-term preservation of microbial ecosystems in permafrost Adv. Space Res. 12 4 1992 255 263
16. R.W. Harvey, and H. Harms Tracers in groundwater: use of microorganisms and microspheres G. Bitton Encycl.Environ. Microbiol. 2002 Wiley New York 3194 3202
17. L.L. Hood, N.C. Richmond, E. Pierazzo, and P. Rochette Distribution of crustal magnetic fields on Mars: shock effects of basin- forming impacts Geophys. Res. Lett. 30 6 2003 1281 1284
18. D.F. Juck, G. Whissell, B. Steven, W. Pollard, C.P. McKay, C.W. Greer, and L.G. Whyte Utilization of fluorescent microspheres and a gfp-marked strain for assessing microbiological integrity of permafrost and ground ice core samples from the Canadian high arctic Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2004 (in press)
19. A. Kanavarioti, and R.L. Mancinelli Could organic matter have been preserved on Mars for 3.5 billion years? Icarus 84 1990 196 202
20. B.B. Kudryashov, and A.M. Yakovlev Drilling in the Permafrost 1991 A.A. Balkema Rotterdam (Russian Translation Series, 84. 318)
21. J. Laskar, B. Levrard, and J. Mustard Orbital forcing of the Martian polar deposits Nature 419 2002 375 377
22. R.L. Mancinelli Planetary protection and the search for life beneath the surface of Mars Adv. Space Res. 31 2003 103 107
23. C.P. McKay The search for a second genesis of life in our solar system J. Chela-Flores First Steps in the Origin of Life in the Universe 2001 269 277
24. M. Mellon, W.C. Feldman, and T.H. Prettyman The presence and stability of ground ice in the southern hemisphere of Mars Icarus 169 2 2004 324 340
25. C. Mileikowsky, F.A. Cucinotta, J.W. Wilson, B. Gladman, G. Horneck, L. Lindegren, J. Melosh, H. Rickman, M. Valtonen, and J.Q. Zheny Natural transfer of viable microbes in space Icarus 145 2 2000 391 427
26. T.J. Phelps, and J.K. Frederickson Drilling, coring, and sampling subsurface environments C.J. Hurst R.L. Crawford G.R. Knudsen M.J. McInerney L.D. Stetzenbach Manual of Environmental Microbiology 2002 American Society of Microbiology Press Washington DC 679 695
27. J.D. Rummel Planetary exploration in the time of astrobiology: protecting against biological contamination Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 98 2001 2128 2131
28. S.W. Squyres, and M.H. Carr Geomorphic evidence for the distribution of ground ice on Mars Science 231 1986 249 252
29. C.R. Stoker, J.L. Gooding, T. Roush, A. Banin, D. Burt, B.C. Clark, G. Flynn, and O. Gwynne The physical and chemical properties and resource potential of Martian surface soils J. Lewis M.S. Matthews M.L. Guerrieri Resources of Near-Earth Space 1993 University of Arizona Press Tucson 659 707
30. D.E. Sugden, D.R. Marchant, N. Potter Jr., R.A. Souchez, G.H. Denton, C.C. Swisher III, and J.L. Tison Preservation of miocene glacier ice in east Antarctica Nature 376 1995 412 414
31. M.R. Walter, and DesMarais Preservation of biological information in thermal spring deposits: developing a strategy for the search for fossil life on Mars Icarus 101 1993 129 143
32. B.P. Weiss, J.L. Kirschvink, F.J. Baudenbacher, H. Vali, N.T. Peters, F.A. Macdonald, and J.P. Wikswo A low temperature transfer of ALH84001 from Mars to Earth Science 290 2000 791 795
33. E. Willerslev, A. Hansen, J. Binladen, T.B. Brand, T.P. Gilbert, B. Shapiro, M. Bunce, C. Wiuf, D.A. Gilichinsky, and A. Cooper Diverse plant and animal genetic records from Holocene and Pleistocene sediments Science 300 2003 791 795
34. E. Willerslev, A.J. Hansen, R. Ronn, T.B. Brand, I. Barnes, C. Wuif, D. Glichinsky, D. Mitchell, and A. Cooper Long-term persistence of bacterial DNA Curr. Biol. 14 R9-R10 2004 1994 2222
35. E. Willerslev, A.J. Hansen, and H.N. Poinar Isolation of nucleic acids and cultures from fossil ice and permafrost Trends Ecol. Evol. 19 2004 141 147
36. Zacny, K.A., Quayle, M.C., Cooper, G.A., 2004. Laboratory drilling under Martian conditions yields unexpected results. J. Geophys. Res. 109, E07S16, 10.1029/2003JE002203.