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Life on Mars in a Box
THE ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LIFE ARE:
- A SOURCE OF MOLECULES FROM WHICH TO BUILD ITS OWN CELLULAR STRUCTURES AND FOR REPRODUCTION
- A SOURCE OF ENERGY TO MAINTAIN BIOLOGICAL ORDER AND TO FUEL THE MANY CHEMICAL REACTIONS THAT OCCUR IN LIFE
- A LIQUID MEDIUM- MOST LIKELY LIQUID WATER- FOR TRANSPORTING THE MOLECULES OF LIFE
Source:BEYOND UFOS, BY JEFFREY BENNET, 2008, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
THE BOX CONTAINS ILLUSTRATIONS OF RESEARCH RESULTS THAT SHOW THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET ON THE PLANET MARS:
- THE PICTURE OF THE VOLCANOS ON MARS SHOWS AN ENERGY SOURCE (AS WELL AS COSMIC RAYS, UV RAYS, ETC COMING FROM SPACE)
- THE DARK MINERAL (GOETHITE) AND THE LIGHT MINERAL (GYPSUM) SHOW HYDROTHERMAL GROUNDWATER CIRCULATION
DURING THE EARLY HISTORY OF MARS
(EHLMANN ET AL, NATURE, 2011)
- THE PIECE OF THE MURCHISON METEORITE, WHICH CONTAINS NON-BIOLOGICAL CARBON IN THE FORM OF AMINO ACIDS SHOWS THE
AVAILABILITY OF LIFE-BUILDING MOLECULES
(KVENVOLDEN ET AL, NATURE, 1970)
- THE PIECE OF THE SHERGOTTITE METEORITE FROM MARS, WHICH CONTAINS NON-BIOLOGICAL CARBON CREATED BY VOLCANIC ACTION
DURING THE EARLY HISTORY OF MARS SHOWS A SECOND SOURCE OF LIFE-BUILDING MOLECULES
(STEELE ET AL, SCIENCE, 2012)
Image of the LIFE ON MARS IN A BOX exhibit
THE KEY TO THIS PUZZLE IS WHETHER ALL THESE INGREDIENTS FOR LIFE CAME TOGETHER IN THE RIGHT PROPORTIONS AT THE RIGHT TIME
(CONVERSATION WITH PAMELA CONRAD, NASA ASTROBIOLOGIST AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR OF THE SAM INSTRUMENT ON THE
MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY WHICH LANDED ON MARS IN AUGUST, 2012)
EXHIBIT PREPARED BY ROBERT BRUNER
DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE VOLUNTEER
bobbruner40 -at- hotmail.com
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