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[[File:Vlada Stamenković.jpg|thumb|left|Dr. Vlada Stamenković - planetary scientist at JPL and lead author of the paper. Wikinews interviewed him about the new Mars research via email.]]
The {{w|Atmosphere of Mars|atmosphere of Mars}} is far too thin for us to breathe, or indeed, to extract any oxygen at all in our lungs. It has on average only around 0.6% of the pressure of Earth's atmosphere, and it is mainly carbon dioxide; only 0.146% of that is oxygen. Yet the result of their modeling was clear.
This is especialy interesting because of the relevance to multicellular life, even multicellular animal life such as those simple sponges. Some life forms can survive without oxygen, but oxygen permits more energy-intensive metabolism. Almost all complex multicellular life on Earth depends on oxygen.
As interviewed by Wikinews:
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