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In July 2020, NASA’s Perseverance (Mars 2020) mission was launched. The rover sent to the surface of Mars will not only perform  in situ  analyses, but will also collect rock and regolith samples that will be returned to Earth by future missions for further investigations. Therefore, the amount and quality of astrobiological data retrieved from these missions is expected to be unprecedented. The challenge faced by the astrobiology community will be to use these data in the most efficient way to assess whether any of the analysed samples are of biogenic origin. However,  in situ  biogenic assessments often lack quantitative support. Particularly, their statistical uncertainty is not systematically evaluated. This study aims to provide the first quantitative framework that evaluates the uncertainty of  in situ  biogenic assessments using recursive Bayesian statistics. Our results show that detecting more than seven potential biosignatures does not increase the reliability of biogenic assessments, unless the probability of detection of biosignatures in the sample and the probability of the biosignatures being false positives are well constrained. This study emphasizes the need for quantitative support of biogenic assessments and astrobiology strategies in general.

Quantitative Framework for Astrobiology Strategies and in situ Biogenic Assessments