)
mixture—which could be well suited to Mars' harsh climate. Extremeophiles here
on Earth have ... uses it as part of its metabolism. Schulze-Makuch and
Houtkooper argued that if
H2O2
biochemistry evolved on Mars, it wouldn't have
been detected by the Viking landers ... fact, the Viking experiments would have
destroyed
H2O2
biochemistry in whatever sample they collected. Which means,
of course, that we now need to go back and look again; this time