The chemical element and mineral rock's abundance and distribution are the basic material of planetary geology
evolution research [1], hence preterit detection for composition of Mars surface substance contains both elements sorts
and mineral ingredients. This article introduced new ways to detect Mars elements and mineral components, Laser
Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and Raman Spectroscopy (RS) which have distinct advantages, such as work
over a long distance, detect rapidly, accuratly and nondestructively. LIBS and RS both use laser excitation to shoot the
substance of Mars exciting new wavelengths. The techniques of LIBS and RS in laboratory are mature, besides the
technique of LIBS is being used in MSL (Chemcam) now and RS will be used in ExoMars. Comparing LIBS and RS's
detection results with XRF and APXS, Mossbauer spectrometer, these existed Mars surface material detection
instruments,and the Infrared spectrometer, Mid-IR, they have more accurate detection results. So LIBS and RS are
competent for Mars surface substance detection instead of X-ray spectrometer and Mossbauer spectrometer which were
already used in 'Viking 1' and 'Opportunity'. Only accurate detection results about Mars surface substance can lead to
scientist's right analysis in inversing geological evolution of the planet.
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