Liquid brine can hang around on Mars’ surface, a new study suggests,
but conditions may not be great for life as we know it.
That’s bad news for any Earth-based microorganisms determined
to colonize the Red Planet, but good news for humans who don’t want to
contaminate Mars with microbes hitching a ride on robot explorers.
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