Guests: John Batchelor, Chris Carberry, Dr. David Livingston. Topics: The ExploreMars ExoLance Mars Life Detection Project. You are invited to comment, ask questions, and discuss the Space Show program/guest(s) on the Space Show blog. Comments, questions, and any discussion must be relevant and applicable to Space Show programming. Written Transcripts of Space Show programs are not permitted without prior written consent from The Space Show (even if for personal use) & are a violation of the Space Show copyright. We do not permit the commercial use of any Space Show program or part thereof, nor do we permit Space Show programs to be edited, placed on YouTube, or other private channels & websites. Space Show programs can be quoted in news articles, papers, academic & research work but must be cited or referenced in the proper citation format. Contact Dr. Livingston for questions about our copyright and trademark policies which we do enforce. This program is archived on The Space Show website, podcasting, and blog sites with permission from John Batchelor. Please visit the John Batchelor Show website for more information about this fine program, www.johnbatchelorshow.com. Remember, your Amazon Purchases Can Help Support The Space Show/OGLF (www.onegiantleapfoundation.org/amazon.htm). For those of you listening to archives on live365.com & rating the programs, please email me the reasons for your rating. This will definitely help improve Space Show programming. Thank you. We welcomed Chris Carberry, Executive Director of ExploreMars.org as we discussed the ExoLance Mars Life Detection project now in its design stage. For more information, visit https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/exolance. Chris explained the project, told us about some of the project's consulting scientists, using the tungsten penetrator probes as possible spaceship ballast on upcoming NASA missions to Mars, and the "biology lab on a chip" concept for the actual life detection experiments on the penetrators. Chris was also asked why finding life on Mars is important and why his group is looking to do this for microbial life rather than NASA. Please post any comments/questions you might have on The Space Show blog. You can contact any of us through drspace@thespaceshow.com.