Ahead of Monday’s probe launch by the European Space Agency, we look back at the centuries-old history of the search for life on Mars The launch of The European Space Agencys (ESA) ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft on Monday 14 March is a meaningful moment in space exploration. It marks a novel beginning in the search for life on Mars.
Interest in life on Mars stretches back centuries. The 17th century Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens speculated in his book Cosmotheoros approximately the conditions necessary for life. He saw no reason that Mars or the other planets could not be inhabited.
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Source: theguardian.com