“Review of the Next Decade Mars Architecture” is tentatively scheduled for release during June. However, release dates of National Academies reports depend on successful completion of the review process and […]
Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans
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NRC Integrated Arctic Observing Network Report
Toward an Integrated Arctic Observing Network, Committee on Designing an Arctic Observing Network, National Research Council ISBN: 0-309-10052-6, 128 pages, 8 1/2 x 11, paperback (2006) This report outlines the […]
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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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International Journal of Astrobiology Vol. 5 Issue 02 Now Online
Terrestrial models for extraterrestrial life: methanogens and halophiles at Martian temperatures, International Journal of Astrobiology On the plurality of inhabited worlds: a brief history of extraterrestrialism, International Journal of Astrobiology […]
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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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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 of life on Earth and in the universe. It melds the understanding of life on Earth, the nature […]
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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 […]