Wouldn't Ionizing Radiation On Mars Be Lethal For "Swimming Pools For Bacteria"?

Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - 14:31 in Astronomy & Space

Six years ago, most scientists said that present day life on the surface of Mars is absolutely impossible, because of the ionizing radiation and so on. So what has changed recently? Surely, you might think, that was all sorted out years ago?It's particularly topical right now because of this news story that has broken recently, about a discovery of a new way of creating habitats with liquid water on Mars on the interface between salts and ice The professor says  read more

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