Statement by Wesley T. Huntress, Jr – House Science Committee Hearing on NASA FY 2007 Science Budget “While the 2003 Solar System Decadal Report recommends that R&A be increased over […]
Keith Cowing
Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na’Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp veteran, (he/him) 🖖🏻
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Letter from Baruch Blumberg and Thomas Pierson Regarding Proposed Astrobiology Cuts
Letter from Nobel Laureate Baruch Blumberg and SETI Institute CEO Thomas Pierson Regarding Proposed Astrobiology Cuts, SETI Institute “Dear Members of the Astrobiology Community: A major decrease in NASA funding […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans
International Journal of Astrobiology Vol. 5 Issue 01 Now Online
Nanophase iron oxides as a key ultraviolet sunscreen for ancient photosynthetic microbes, International Journal of Astrobiology How do microorganisms reach the stratosphere?, International Journal of Astrobiology The sulphur dilemma: are […]
Posted inMapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Mars, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Sample Return, Status Report
NASA MEPAG Report: Science Analysis of the November 3, 2005 Version of the Draft Mars Exploration Program Plan
Prepared by the MEPAG ‘2005 Mars Program Plan Science Analysis Group’
Posted inNews Summary Archives
Astrobiology News 7 November 2005
Astrobiologically Interesting Stars within 10 parsecs of the Sun, arXiv.org
Posted inBook, Film, Video Reviews
New Book Expands Biological Classifications to Account for Alien Life
What would you call an alien if you encountered it on the street tomorrow? What if that alien didn’t come from another world but rather was created in a laboratory […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Biophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Cryobiology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Fossils & Paleontology, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Microbiology & Virology, Press Release
Frozen Microbes Reveal How To Test For Martian Life
“We tested equipment that we are developing to look for life on Mars and discovered a rare and complex microbial community living in blue ice vents inside a frozen volcano,” […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Away Teams & Field Reports
HMP Research Station Field Update
HMP Research Station Field Update August 5, 2005 “After an initial run of bad weather at the beginning of the field season the last two weeks have provided us with […]
Posted inPlanetary Protection & Biosafety
Planetary Protection Update
Microbial Diversity and Its Relationship to Planetary Protection, Applied and Environmental Microbiology “As summarized by Rummel (56) and Rummel and Meyer (57), while exploring our solar system and the universe […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports
HMP Research Station Field Update
HMP Research Station Field Update – July 29, 2005 “Today’s activities centered around a major traverse into the Haughton Crater so that Dr. Jeff Jones could complete his sampling of […]