Nasa's Viking landers accidentally killed life on Mars, says astrobiologist

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Astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch believes Nasa's Viking missions have inadvertently 'eliminated' Martian life.

But he also stated that Mars was almost like Earth around 4 billion years ago with abundant water.

The Viking life detection experiments were modelled after culturing techniques commonly used in identifying microbes on Earth.

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Topics: NASA Viking landers Mars Chlorinated organics NASA Martian exploration Mars soil analysis Martian microbes Mars astrobiology Hydrogen peroxide life Mars life Dirk Schulze-Makuch Viking mission

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