INTRODUCTION Our existing knowledge of extraterrestrial mineralogy has been gained largely from analyses of returned or collected samples — returned samples and collected meteorites from the Moon, meteorites from Mars, […]
A Report from the NASA Astrobiology Institute to the National Research Council Solar System Exploration Decadal Strategy Working Group
A Report from the NASA Astrobiology Institute to the National Research Council Solar System Exploration Decadal Strategy Working Group
Astrobiology Roadmap Workshop: Fundamental Questions, Specific Science Goals, and Measurement Objectives in Astrobiology, 20-22 July 1998
Astrobiology is defined in the 1996 NASA Strategic Plan as “The study of the living universe.” At NASA’s Ames Research Center, this endeavor encompasses the use of space to understand […]
Over the past two decades there has developed an increasingly serious debate about the existence of extraterrestrial intelligent life. More recently, there have been significant deliberations about ways in which […]
NASA SP-500January 1989The results of science workshops held at NASA Ames Research Center
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Prepared for the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session, by the Science Policy research Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress. Full text […]
PREFACE Until recent years the origin of life and its possible occurrence elsewhere in the universe have been matters for speculation only. The rapid growth of molecular biology since 1940 […]
