Resumen de How to search for life on mars.

Christopher P. McKay, Víctor Parro García

• The article discusses the search for life on Mars, focusing on examination of scientific techniques and methods as of June 2014 that could be used on a Mars mission to test for signs of life. Topics include criticism of the methods used by the Viking spacecraft missions in 1976 to test for life on Mars, the implications of the discoveries of organic compounds and evidence of former liquid water on Mars, and the application of techniques such as DNA detection and immunoassays on future missions.