25th Annual Mars Society Conference
Click on the links below to see: Talk by Jan Spacek. Talk by Steven Benner. The panel discussion.
Agnostic Life Finder (ALF) for Large-Scale Screening of Martian Life During In Situ Refueling
An Article in Astrobiology To read the full article visit Astrobiology web page. Abstract Before the first humans depart for Mars in the next decade, hundreds of tons of martian water-ice must be harvested to produce propellant for the return vehicle, a process known as in situ resource utilization (ISRU). We describe here an instrument, the Agnostic […]
How to Search for Life on Mars
ARTICLE IN THE NEW ATLANTIS BY ROBERT ZUBRIN, STEVEN BENNER, AND JAN SPACEK Link to original article is here Was the appearance of life on Earth likely or was it an anomaly? Did this same event also happen on billions of other planets that had similar conditions to ours, or was it the result of […]
Press release: New project to find existing life on Mars before humans arrive
The first press release describing ALFA Mars group was published on Primordial Scoop blog. Cite as: Spacek, J. (2022) “New project to find existing life on Mars before humans arrive”. Primordial Scoop, e20220808. https://doi.org/10.52400/TUXC2706 ALFA Mars (Agnostic Life Finding Association – Mars; alfamars.org) is a group of scientists, engineers, science communicators, and volunteers with the goal of […]