Comment Similar student project at Cornell (Score 2) 53
This student project from Cornell a couple years ago uses a similar idea:
http://people.ece.cornell.edu/land/courses/ece4760/FinalProjects/s2009/gh96_jbw48/gh96_jbw48/index.html
I don't see why it so important to see if we can find some bacteria hidden away on Mars.
We need to make sure that there isn't any bacteria on Mars so it doesn't kill us when we invade. Didn't you learn anything from War of the Worlds?
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.