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SCIENCE Magazine ( submitted for review)

• Stevens, T. O., C. R. Stoker, R. Amils, D. Fernández-Remolar, J. Gómez-Elvira & the MARTE Team, A subsurface ecosystem fed by a volcanically hosted massive sulfide deposit: Peña del Hierro, Riotinto, Spain.

 

General Abstracts

• Stoker, C. R., et al., Drilling to Search for Subsurface Life on Mars: Analog Drilling Experiment in Rio Tinto, Spain.

 

2005, 8th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and
Automation in Space (iSAIRAS):

• A. Winterholler, M. Roman, D. P. Miller, J. Krause, and T. Hunt. Automated core sample handling for future mars drill missions. In iSAIRAS 2005 , Munich Germany, September 2005.

• Glass, B. J., Drilling Automation for Subsurface Planetary Exploration (proceedings), 8th In iSAIRAS 2005 , Munich Germany, September 2005.

 

2005 International Astronautical Congress (I.A.C.):

• Glass, B. J., H. Cannon, C. R. Stoker, and K. Davis, Robotic and human-tended collaborative drilling for subsurface exploration. IAC, Fukuoka - Japan, October 2005.

 

2006 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC):

• C. Stoker, Drilling To Search For Subsurface Life On Mars: Analog Mission In Rio Tinto, Spain. 37th LPSC, (PPT presentation) 2006.

 

2005 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC):

• M. Battler and C. Stoker, Searching For Life Underground: An Analysis of Remote Sensing Observations Of A Drill Core From Río Tinto, Spain For Mineralogical Indications of Biological Activity. 36th LPSC, Abstract 2392, 2005.

• D. C. Fernández-Remolar, et al., Río Tinto Faulted Volcanosedimentary Deposits As Analog Habitats For Extant Subsurface Biospheres On Mars: A Synthesis Of The MARTE Drilling Project Geobiology Results. 36th LPSC, Abstract 1360, 2005.

• J. Jernsletten, Fast-Turnoff Transient Electromagnetic (TEM) Field Study At The Mars Analog Site Of Río Tinto, Spain. 36th LPSC, Abstract 1014, 2005.

• C. R. Stoker, et al., Characterization Of A Subsurface Biosphere In A Massive Sulfide Deposit at Río Tinto, Spain: Implications For Extant Life On Mars. 36th LPSC, Abstract 1534, 2005.

• C. Stoker, et al., Field Simulation Of A Drilling Mission To Mars To Search For Subsurface Life, 36th LPSC, Abstract 1537, 2005.

 

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