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The Strange Origin of the Search for Life on Mars – The New York Times
Scientists have used Mars jars to study questions in astrobiology for decades. Many didn’t know where they come from.
A few years after Dr. Strughold started at the Air Force, he published Life on Mars in View of Physiological Principles. Two years later, in 1953, he wrote The Green and Red Planet, scientifically coining the term astrobiology and considering whether a low-pressure chamber a shrunken version of those in his aviation experiments could mimic Mars.
It was a wild idea, and afraid of his colleagues judgment, he began a simple version of the experiment at home. He purchased jars and a thermometer, ga…
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