Table 6.

Application of the Simplistic Decision Rules of Tables 3 and 4 to Future Measurements That May Lead to a Claim of Life Detection

Outcomes most indicative of life given a planned payload are indicated. Any sample return would have access to the entire suite of techniques used in previous life-detection investigations (Section 5).

^aGoetz et al. (2016), Goesmann et al. (2017). ^bHand et al. (2017). ^cLunine et al. (2015), Reh et al. (2016). ^dSpencer and Niebur (2010). ^eExcept perhaps for organic compounds such as PAHs.