It is with great pleasure and anticipation that we announce the call for abstracts forAstrobiology Science Conference 2004. The meeting is the third to be held at the NASA Research […]
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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Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal 26 August 2003: Home +30
I was gone a month. I’ve been back for a month. Last year, the return to civilization from Devon Island – Mars on Earth – was quite an unexpected shock. […]
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Astrobiology News 19 August 2003
A New Family of Planets ? “Ocean Planets”, arXiv.org
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Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse Crops Continue to Thrive on Devon Island
Three weeks after the last humans departed from NASA Haughton-Mars Project Base Camp on Devon Island, the Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse continues to operate – by itself. Its operations are […]
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Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse Grows First Crop on Devon Island
Two weeks after the last humans departed from NASA Haughton Mars Project Base Camp on Devon Island, the Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse continues to operate – by itself. Its operations […]
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Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal 24 July 2003: Homeward Bound – In Slow Motion
We have been cooling our heels in Resolute for three days now. I am clean, have eaten 9 real meals and more or less adjusted to civilization – even if […]
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Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal 21 July 2003: Departure – and One Last Dedication
I had one last thing to do before I left Devon Island. I stood on the runway and watched the Twin Otter, on which I would soon depart, swoop in […]
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Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal 20 July 2003: Going Home
While I have adapted (as I did last year) and could exist here for many weeks more, this year I really want to go home. Last year, this was a […]
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Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal 20 July 2003: Arctic Memorials and Starship Yearnings
Today I went out on an unusual traverse on Devon Island. Leading the way was Haughton–Mars Project (HMP) Principal Investigator Pascal Lee. Following him was “Qimmiq”, our polar bear guide […]
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Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal 19 July 2003: Illness, Good Food, and Morale
I got sick a few days after arrival. Dysentery. As is often the case here, you just ignore a lot of things that you’d use as an excuse to take […]