Looking for Mars Life on Planet Earth

latitude 38.88108, longitude -122.448728

Last week, NASA declared the Mars Phoenix Lander mission completed as the lander succumbed to Martian winter and lost radio contact. NASA scientists are already preparing their next mission: to send a rover to search for evidence of life on the red planet. But to help decide what signs to look for, scientists are studying extreme life forms on our own planet.

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Original Air Date: Monday, Nov 17, 2008
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