NASA May Have Inadvertently Killed Life on Mars, Scientist Says
In all our explorations of Mars to date, no evidence has been found that meets the rigorous standards to claim that we have conclusively found life. But, decades ago in the 1970s, when the Viking landers became the first US mission to safely land on and ...
Nasa's Viking landers accidentally killed life on Mars, says astrobiologist
Astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch believes Nasa's Viking missions have inadvertently 'eliminated' Martian life. He also mentioned that Martian life may have adapted to the planet's dry environment
Did we kill life on Mars before discovering it?
The 1976 Viking landers were the first U.S. missions to land on Mars, conducting the only experiments dedicated to detecting biosignatures in Martian soil.
Did NASA's Viking landers accidentally kill life on Mars? Why one scientist thinks so
Dirk Schulze-Makuch is a scientist who thinks NASA's Viking landers could have inadvertently destroyed the life they were searching for. In this Q&A, we ask why.
Did we kill Mars? New theory suggests Viking missions may have accidentally destroyed potential life on Mars
NASAs Viking missions sought life on Mars in the 1970s, but new insights suggest their methods might have unintentionally destroyed potential Martian microbes.
Did NASA's Viking ‘kill life’ on Mars? Expert says, ‘It was so much like Earth…’
Dirk Schulze-Makuch believes NASA's Viking 1 may have harmed potential Martian life through its water-based detection methods.
NASA's Viking 1 lander may have killed life on Mars, claims scientist
Makuch of the Technische Universitat Berlin suggests that humans might have inadvertently wiped out Martian life nearly 50 years ago.His claim dates back to the 1976 NASA Viking 1 mission, which saw two spacecraft land on Mars and conduct groundbreaking experiments to search for signs of life.
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NASA could have already killed life on Mars during its experiment
TL;DR: NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft, which landed on Mars in 1975, aimed to test for life using water-based methods.
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