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Title:

Coping with Contamination

Url:

https://www.astrobio.net/interview/coping-with-contamination/

Creator:

Bortman, Henry
Stoker, Carol

Publisher:

Astrobiology Magazine

Description: This magazine article features an interview with Mars Analog Research and Technology Experiment (MARTE) scientist Carol Stoker. In this third session of the four-part series, Stoker describes how the MARTE team avoids contaminating their drill-core samples. Her team is drilling into the pyrite subsurface of Spain's Rio Tinto in search for microbes existing in an iron-sulfur-based energy system, similar to that of Mars. She describes the technical challenges to be faced in the waterless environment of other-world drilling. The resource includes images from the Mars rover project, links to related web sites, and an MP3 Audio Machine text-to-speech option.

LC Classification:

Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Solar system -- Planets. Planetology -- Superior planets -- Mars
Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Universe. Space. Space sciences
Technology -- Engineering (General). Civil engineering -- Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) -- Earthwork -- Excavations -- Rock excavation -- Rock drilling

GEM Subject:

Science -- Astronomy
Science -- Space sciences
Science -- Geology

Key Concept:

Geology -- Rocks

Resource Type:

Reference Material

Format:

Document -- HTML

Audience:

Educator
Learner

Education Level:

High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education

Language:

English

Rights:

Astrobio.net

Access Rights:

Free access

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