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Synthetic biology has taught us how to search for life on Mars, even if that life is unlike anything found on Earth. Your donation supports ALFA Mars, a volunteer-driven public education project dedicated to raising awareness and advocating for the development of the Agnostic Life Finder (ALF) instrument.

ALF is being developed by the Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution, and we advocate for it to be offered to SpaceX and other missions that plan to mine large volumes of Martian water-ice—ice that, if it were on Earth, could potentially harbor life.Your support helps us educate the public, engage with decision-makers, and advance efforts to explore one of humanity’s biggest questions: Are we alone?

We handle the research and engineering of ALF, but we need your support. When you contribute to advocacy for ALF, you offer us and the world the best chance to uncover life on Mars before humans arrive.