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@article{Bada:2008:10.1007/s11214-007-9213-3,
author = {Bada, JL and Ehrenfreund, P and Grunthaner, F and Blaney, D and Coleman, M and Farrington, A and Yen, A and Mathies, R and Amudson, R and Quinn, R and Zent, A and Ride, S and Barron, L and Clark, B and Glavin, D and Hofmann, B and Josset, JL and Rettberg, P and Robert, F and Sephton, M},
doi = {10.1007/s11214-007-9213-3},
journal = {SPACE SCI REV},
pages = {269--279},
title = {Urey: Mars organic and oxidant detector},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11214-007-9213-3},
volume = {135},
year = {2008}
}
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TY - JOUR
AB - One of the fundamental challenges facing the scientific community as we enter this new century of Mars research is to understand, in a rigorous manner, the biotic potential both past and present of this outermost terrestrial-like planet in our solar system. Urey: Mars Organic and Oxidant Detector has been selected for the Pasteur payload of the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) ExoMars rover mission and is considered a fundamental instrument to achieve the mission’s scientific objectives. The instrument is named Urey in recognition of Harold Clayton Urey’s seminal contributions to cosmochemistry, geochemistry, and the study of the origin of life. The overall goal of Urey is to search for organic compounds directly in the regolith of Mars and to assess their origin. Urey will perform a groundbreaking investigation of the Martian environment that will involve searching for organic compounds indicative of life and prebiotic chemistry at a sensitivity many orders of magnitude greater than Viking or other in situ organic detection systems. Urey will perform the first in situ search for key classes of organic molecules using state-of-the-art analytical methods that provide part-per-trillion sensitivity. It will ascertain whether any of these molecules are abiotic or biotic in origin and will evaluate the survival potential of organic compounds in the environment using state-of-the-art chemoresistor oxidant sensors.
AU - Bada,JL
AU - Ehrenfreund,P
AU - Grunthaner,F
AU - Blaney,D
AU - Coleman,M
AU - Farrington,A
AU - Yen,A
AU - Mathies,R
AU - Amudson,R
AU - Quinn,R
AU - Zent,A
AU - Ride,S
AU - Barron,L
AU - Clark,B
AU - Glavin,D
AU - Hofmann,B
AU - Josset,JL
AU - Rettberg,P
AU - Robert,F
AU - Sephton,M
DO - 10.1007/s11214-007-9213-3
EP - 279
PY - 2008///
SN - 1572-9672
SP - 269
TI - Urey: Mars organic and oxidant detector
T2 - SPACE SCI REV
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11214-007-9213-3
UR - http://www.springerlink.com/content/j336g63948061t62/?p=17777678b45a451bae6853fa902f38be&pi=18
VL - 135
ER -