Astrodome123 Messages 1 Reaction score 0 Thread starter Jul 31, 2023 #1 TL;DR Life on Mercury Will the 2025 BepiColumbo mission be able to detect any indications of potential past or current microbial life on Mercury?
Will the 2025 BepiColumbo mission be able to detect any indications of potential past or current microbial life on Mercury?
berkeman Admin Messages 69,700 Reaction score 25,481 Jul 31, 2023 #2 Welcome to PF. What have you found in your researching so far? Is that in the mission objectives? If it is in the mission objectives, what kind of microbial life would be able to survive in those temperatures?
Welcome to PF. What have you found in your researching so far? Is that in the mission objectives? If it is in the mission objectives, what kind of microbial life would be able to survive in those temperatures?
Vanadium 50 Staff Emeritus Science Advisor Education Advisor Gold Member Dearly Missed Messages 35,014 Reaction score 21,725 Jul 31, 2023 #3 If we knew what a mission is going to find before it gets there, we wouldn't need to launch the missiom, would we? That said, what do you think might be found that was not found by MESSENER or the three flybys that have already occurred?
If we knew what a mission is going to find before it gets there, we wouldn't need to launch the missiom, would we? That said, what do you think might be found that was not found by MESSENER or the three flybys that have already occurred?