Detection of organic matter on Mars, results from various Mars missions, challenges, and future strategy: A review

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作者
Ansari, Arif H. [1 ]
机构
[1] Birbal Sahni Inst Palaeosci, Lucknow, India
来源
FRONTIERS IN ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCES | 2023年 / 10卷
关键词
Mars; organic matter detection; Vikings; Phoenix; Curiosity; ExoMars; extraterrestrial life; Perseverance; MARTIAN METEORITE; AMINO-ACIDS; RAMAN-SPECTROSCOPY; IONIZING-RADIATION; ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE; NATURAL OXALATES; SENSITIVE SEARCH; ATACAMA DESERT; JEZERO CRATER; GALE CRATER;
D O I
10.3389/fspas.2023.1075052
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
This review paper summarizes the literature on the organic matter detection by various Mars lander/rover missions, in order to understand the progress towards dealing with methodological challenges in the analysis of the Martian regolith and drilled mudstone samples. This paper shows that Martian missions are so far successful in detecting simple and some complex organic molecules, but their origin i.e., whether sourced by cosmic dust, meteoric bombardment, geochemical reduction of inorganic carbon during hydrothermal or igneous activity, or produced biologically in the ancient habitable Martian deposition environment, remains unknown. The preservation of organic matter in the Martian depositional realm has also been found as one of the biggest hurdles in its search. Therefore, upcoming ExoMars mission has been equipped with the instruments that would be able to drill and retrieve 2 m subsurface cores for organic matter analysis, with the assumption that the subsurface samples would have better chances of preserving original organic matter from the disintegration by ultraviolet (UV) radiation, galactic cosmic rays, and solar energetic particles. In addition to the method used for organic matter detection in previous missions [simple pyrolysis-GCMS and the use of combination of thermal combustion and derivatization (thermochemolysis)-GCMS], other alternative organic matter detection methodologies i.e., Raman spectroscopy (laser 523) plus deep resonant Raman and fluorescence spectroscopy are used in Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and will be used in ExoMars mission as well. Learning from the past and upcoming Mars missions will help in developing strategies and tools for the future Martian missions with goal to better understand it is ancient habitability.
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