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 […]
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NAC Planetary Science Subcommitee Report Comments on Astrobiology
Report of the NASA Advisory Council Planetary Science Subcommittee “The cuts to the astrobiology Program, apparently made in the absence of advice from the scientific community, are particularly damaging. First, […]
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What Griffin Thinks – and the Academy Says – About Astrobiology
Outspoken: Mike Griffin on the NASA budget,” Nature Deep cuts to NASA astrobiology – Griffin: “I did think astrobiology was less important than traditional space science. It had less intrinsic […]
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Continued Confusion Over Astrobiology Funding by NASA
Editor’s note: What follows below is the strange sequence of steps NASA Headquarters has decided to take with regard to funding for NASA’s Astrobiology Program. In a nutshell, NASA officials […]
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AbSciCon Report
U.S. Astrobiologists Convene Biannual Conference Amid Devastating NASA Budget Threats, SETI Institute “Although astrobiology is clearly one of the most exciting and productive programs in the space science portfolio, the […]
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NASA Astrobiology PI's Speak Out
Astrobiology Serves NASA and The National Interest – Statement Prepared by Principal Investigators of the NASA Astrobiology Institute “Astrobiology is the interdisciplinary study of the origins, evolution, distribution, and future […]
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NASA Astrobiology in Peril – Update and Action Suggestions
NASA Astrobiology in Peril – Update and Action Suggestions, SETI Institute “Dear Members of the Astrobiology Community: We are writing to you again to offer some thoughts and suggestions in […]
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Astrobiology Program Cutback Status
NASA Astrobiology Program Status, NASA HQ “Even at the requested FY07 funding level we will be able to support a vigorous program of astrobiology research and some technology development. Obviously, […]
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NASA HQ Sends Out The Bad News
Funding Notification Sent out by NASA Headquarters to Astrobiology Investigators, NASA HQ “By now you will probably have received notification that there will not be an Exobiology solicitation in ROSES-06. […]
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Details of FY 2006 Cuts
ROSES-06 Amendment 5: Adjustments in ROSES-2006 to align with the NASA budget, NASA HQ “Specifically the proposed FY07 budget includes a 15% reduction for R&A in most disciplines and a […]