Does Mars have any environment in which a plant, virus or otherwise would be capable of living on Mars without an artificial environment? Is there anything that can live below the Armstrong Limit on Mars?


The German Aerospace Center found that lichens and a Cyanobacteria could survive on the surface of mars for at least a month after subjecting them to mars like conditions.

Article on the subject: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/20120515-earth-life-survive-mars.html

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