A New Method and Mass-Spectrometric Instrument for Extraterrestrial Microbial Life Detection Using the Elemental Composition Analyses of Martian Regolith and Permafrost/Ice

1G.G. Managadze, 1A.A. Safronova, 1K.A. Luchnikov, 1,2E.A. Vorobyova, 3,4N.S. Duxbury, 5P. Wurz, 1N.G. Managadze, 1Chumikov, 6R.Kh. Khamizov
Astrobiology 17, 448-458 Link to Article [https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2016.1511]
1Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation.
2Soil Science Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation.
3Department of Physics, Astronomy and Computational Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
4Geology Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation.
5Physics Institute, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
6Institute of Geological Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation.

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