Presentations and papers from the recent NASA Principal Investigator Lessons Learned workshop are now available on the Science Mission Directorate website: http://science.hq.nasa.gov/research/041106.html
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Astrobiology 2.0
“Astrobiology emerged at a time when NASA was in a state of flux and ARC and other field centers were faced with possible closure or drastic cutbacks. The community that […]
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Planetary Society Mounts Unprecedented Ad Campaign To Fight NASA Space Science Cuts
Campaign Update: The Planetary Society Takes the Fight to Washington “In contrast to Kennedy’s vision, the fiscal year 2007 budget proposed for NASA contains cuts that threaten to end the […]
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NRC On Value of Astrobiology
An Assessment of Balance in NASA’s Science Programs, National Research Council “[Page 20]: “The decadal surveys for astrophysics and for solar system exploration both embraced astrobiology as a key component […]
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NAC Science Committee Presentation
NASA Advisory Council Science Committee Presentation 18 May 2006 Astrobiology – These scientific investigations support NASA’s strategic goals. In addition, this program is particularly attractive to the general public.– Science […]
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Saving Astrobiology at NASA (Part 4) Astrobiology 2.0
Astrobiology 2.0 Suggestions to the Astrobiology Community: As I mentioned earlier, the original astrobiology program at NASA was propelled into existence, in great part, by the ALH84001 announcement and the […]
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Saving Astrobiology at NASA (Part 3) Fighting Back
Fight back or just give up The space life science community, never known for taking risks or speaking out on controversial issues, either did not respond to the cuts when […]
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Saving Astrobiology at NASA (Part 2) Mapping the Way
Heading Out on a Journey Before the Map is Complete After the President’s Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) was announced in 2004 a series of preliminary efforts lead to a […]
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Saving Astrobiology at NASA (Part 1) Origins
Origins and Epiphanies In August 1996, while working at a large meeting of biologists in Seattle, I got a startling email from back east. Within minutes I was at a […]
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Griffin In Science and Nature on Budget Cuts
NASA Budget: Crisis Deepens as Scientists Fail to Rejigger Space Research, Science “… and NASA Administrator Michael Griffin in accepts a portion of the blame. “I made a mistake,” Griffin […]