Introduction and BackgroundThe habitability of any planetary body is governed by its ability to sustain conditions favorable to life on parts of its surface or in its interior on geological timescales (Cockell et al., 2016). Habitability (as defined by Cockell et al., 2016) is contingent on a number of factors, such as the presence of surficial or subterranean liquid water, existence of a redox energy source and the presence of a number of critical elements essential to life (Domagal-
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