Should We Invest in Martian Brine Research to Reduce Mars Exploration Costs?

Javier Martín-Torres; Maria-Paz Zorzano Mier

doi:10.1089/ast.2016.1602

Should We Invest in Martian Brine Research to Reduce Mars Exploration Costs?

Javier Martín-Torres^*, Maria-Paz Zorzano Mier

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Abstract

Since publication of the first evidence of liquid water on present-day Mars (Martín-Torres et al., 2015) according to Curiosity data, scientists have wondered how best to further investigate the presence of brines. Initial evidence was acquired at Gale Crater, near the equator of the planet, a location where this presence of liquid water was highly unexpected.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3-7
Number of pages	6
Journal	Astrobiology
Volume	17
Issue number	1
Early online date	27 Dec 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2016.1602
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2017

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