MOD: An In-Situ Organic Detector for the MSR 2003 Mission

Authors :: Kminek, G
Bada, J. L
Botta, O
Glavin, D. P
Grunthaner, F. J
LaBaw, C. C
Serviss, O. E
Source :: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXI.
Publication Year :: 2000
Publisher :: United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 2000.
Abstract: Looking for organic compounds that are essential for biochemistry or indicative of extraterrestrial organic influx is the primary goal of MOD (Mars Organic Detector). MOD can also quantify adsorbed and chemisorbed water and evolved carbon dioxide.