Life on Mars, Astrobiology, and Thinking Differently about Risk

As the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover sets out on its seven month voyage to Mars in the hope of finding signs of life, it’s worth taking a moment to reflect on the nature of risk in our search for extraterrestrial life.

Andrew Maynard
EDGE OF INNOVATION
Published in
6 min readJul 30, 2020

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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard launches from Space Launch Complex 41. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

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Andrew Maynard
EDGE OF INNOVATION

Scientist, author, & Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions at Arizona State University