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Otter@lemmy.caM to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

We Might Have Accidentally Killed the Only Life We Ever Found on Mars Nearly 50 Years Ago

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We Might Have Accidentally Killed the Only Life We Ever Found on Mars Nearly 50 Years Ago

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We Might Have Accidentally Killed the Only Life We Ever Found on Mars Nearly 50 Years Ago - JSTOR Daily
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In one experiment, the Viking landers added water to Martian soil samples. That might have been a very bad idea.
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    Worth noting the article argues we killed life on Mars inside of a sample taken, NOT all life on Mars.

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      great article, but the clickbait title is clearly intended to be misleading

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      A very important distinction.

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