ocr: Or What kind of organism might be ideally suited THE: SEARCHI FORI LIFE tol life on Mars? METEORUTES THE SETI PROGHAM Computer simulations have provided the following findings: The temperature of the organism would be coupled with that of the soil, rather than that of the atmosphere. - This temperature would drop with wind speed to limit losses. Ac dry, upper layer, of algae for example, would ensure protection against dehydration. Photosyntnetic activity, by which plants convert the Sun's energy into nutritional substances, would be limited to four hours per day (instead of seven as on Earth) ...
