Life in the Atacama: A scoring system for habitability and the robotic exploration for life

Hock Andrew N; Cabrol Nathalie A; Dohm James M; Piatek Jennifer; Warren‐rhodes Kim; Weinstein Shmuel; Wettergreen David S; Grin Edmond A; Moersch Jeffrey; Cockell Charles S; Coppin Peter; Ernst Lauren; Fisher Gregory; Hardgrove Craig; Marinangeli Lucia; Minkley Edwin; Ori Gian Gabriele; Waggoner Alan; Wyatt Mike; Smith Trey; Thompson David; Wagner Michael; Jonak Dominic; Stubbs Kristen; Thomas Geb; Pudenz Erin; Glasgow Justin

Life in the Atacama: A scoring system for habitability and the robotic exploration for life

Authors

Andrew N, Hock
Nathalie Cabrol
James M, Dohm
Jennifer, Piatek
Kim, Warren‐rhodes
Shmuel, Weinstein
David S, Wettergreen
Edmond Grin
Jeffrey, Moersch
Charles S, Cockell
Peter, Coppin
Lauren, Ernst
Gregory, Fisher
Craig, Hardgrove
Lucia, Marinangeli
Edwin, Minkley
Gian Gabriele, Ori
Alan, Waggoner
Mike, Wyatt
Trey, Smith
David, Thompson
Michael, Wagner
Dominic, Jonak
Kristen, Stubbs
Geb, Thomas
Erin, Pudenz
Justin, Glasgow

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Type

Published Article

Journal

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Publication Date

Dec 01, 2007

Volume

112

Issue

G4

Source

SETI Institute

License

Unknown

Abstract

[1] The science goals of the Life in the Atacama (LITA) robotic field experiment are to understand habitat and seek out life in the Atacama Desert, Chile, as an analog to future missions to Mars. To those ends, we present a new data analysis tool, the LITA Data Scoring System (DSS), which (1) integrates rover and orbital data relevant to environmental habitability and life detection, and (2) provides a standard metric, or “score” to evaluate (a) the potential habitability, and (b) the strength of evidence for life at all locales along the ...

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