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3. Mars is a beautiful planet, and it will indeed be very interesting for its further
continuous exploration, with robotic spacecraft and manned missions, for the
astrobiology of Mars (de Morais
2004
).
Thus, our knowledge on the possibility of any life form on Mars is beginning
to pass from a period of scientific blindness to a period of scientific hard work
imagination brightness (de Morais
2004
).
Acknowledgments
I would like to acknowledge the most valuable comments, good advices for
my international efforts, and sincere friendships by Dr. Adriana Ocampo, NASA Headquarters,
and by Dr. Pascale Ehrenfreund (George Washington University), Dr. José Helayël-Neto (CBPF),
Dr. Sebastião Dias (CBPF), Dr. Álvaro Nogueira (CBPF), Dr. João dos Anjos (ON), Dr. Joseph
Boardman (Analytical Imaging and Geophysics, LLC.), Dr. Christopher McKay, Dr. Carol Stoker,
Dr. Nathalie Cabrol, Dr. Heather Smith, Dr. Geoffrey Briggs (retired), and Dr. Scott Hubbard
(Stanford University), NASA-Ames Research Center, since my studies and work at NASA-Ames
in July 1999.
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