J
José de la Rosa
Researcher at National Autonomous University of Mexico
Publications - 12
Citations - 1297
José de la Rosa is an academic researcher from National Autonomous University of Mexico. The author has contributed to research in topics: Martian soil & Mars Exploration Program. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 12 publications receiving 1195 citations.
Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Mars-like soils in the Atacama Desert, Chile, and the dry limit of microbial life
Rafael Navarro-González,Fred A. Rainey,P. Molina,Danielle Bagaley,Becky J. Hollen,José de la Rosa,Alanna M. Small,Richard C. Quinn,Frank J. Grunthaner,Luis Cáceres,Benito Gómez-Silva,Christopher P. McKay +11 more
TL;DR: The presence of Mars-like soils in the extreme arid region of the Atacama Desert is reported and incubation experiments show active decomposition of organic species in these soils by nonbiological processes.
Journal ArticleDOI
Reanalysis of the Viking results suggests perchlorate and organics at midlatitudes on Mars
TL;DR: The most comprehensive search for organics in the Martian soil was performed by the Viking Landers as mentioned in this paper, which was subjected to a thermal volatilization process to vaporize and break organic molecules, and the resultant gases and volatiles were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
Journal ArticleDOI
The limitations on organic detection in Mars-like soils by thermal volatilization-gas chromatography-MS and their implications for the Viking results.
Rafael Navarro-González,Karina F. Navarro,José de la Rosa,Enrique Iñiguez,P. Molina,Luis D. Miranda,Pedro Morales,Edith Cienfuegos,Patrice Coll,François Raulin,Ricardo Amils,Christopher P. McKay +11 more
TL;DR: It is reported that TV–GC–MS may be blind to low levels of organics on Mars and it is suggested that the design of future organic instruments for Mars should include other methods to be able to detect extinct and/or extant life.
Journal ArticleDOI
Characterization of organics, microorganisms, desert soils, and Mars-like soils by thermal volatilization coupled to mass spectrometry and their implications for the search for organics on Mars by Phoenix and future space missions.
TL;DR: It is suggested that monitoring NO provides the best chance for Phoenix and other future Mars missions to detect nitrogen-containing organics in the soil or ice.