ReviewAstrobiology2014
Trajectories of martian habitability.
Review in Astrobiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.
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30 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Designing the bioproduction of Martian rocket propellant via a biotechnology-enabled in situ resource utilization strategy.Nature communications · 2021Article
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- The Global Search for Liquid Water on Mars from Orbit: Current and Future Perspectives.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Ultradeep Microbial Communities at 4.4 km within Crystalline Bedrock: Implications for Habitability in a Planetary Context.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Organic Records of Early Life on Mars: The Role of Iron, Burial, and Kinetics on Preservation.Astrobiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Beginning from two plausible starting points-an uninhabited or inhabited Mars-this paper discusses the possible trajectories of martian habitability over time. On an uninhabited Mars, the trajectories follow paths determined by the abundance of uninhabitable environments and uninhabited habitats. On an inhabited Mars, the addition of a third environment type, inhabited habitats, results in other trajectories, including ones where the planet remains inhabited today or others where planetary-scale life extinction occurs. By identifying different trajectories of habitability, corresponding hypotheses can be described that allow for the various trajectories to be disentangled and ultimately a determination of which trajectory Mars has taken and the changing relative abundance of its constituent environments.
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