[John H K]

Do the rovers have microscopes capable of seeing Martian single celled bugs? Do they have life detection experiements on them?

Nope. Absolutely nothing on the Rovers is specifically designed to look for life. It's designed to look for evidence of past water.

Beagle was, however.

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Do the rovers have microscopes capable of seeing Martian single celled bugs? Do they have life detection experiments on them? ~ Dialup Llama

Nope. Absolutely nothing on the Rovers is specifically designed to look for life. It's designed to look for evidence of past water. ~ John H K

And yet, it looks like it may be in a sea of fossils:

Mars rover Daily Updates -Spirit Making Ground - Opportunity-A Beautiful Grind

[Socks C.]

Absolutely nothing on the Rovers is specifically designed to look for life.

True enough.

But then one can just as truely say that since a camera was not designed to look for life and since the rock abrasion was not designed to look for life that, therefore, if the combination of the two discovers this . . .



. . . then it was not life.