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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Planetary Science Summer School
Session 1: July 24 – July 28, 2006 (18 participants) Session 2: July 31 – August 4, 2006 (18 participants) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California Applications are due May 15, […]
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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 […]
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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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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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The Moon Gets Spotlight at Astrobiology Conference
WHO: The moon, our constant companion, has once again become a focus of the scientific community as NASA prepares to fulfill the Vision for Space Exploration. Scientists at the NASA […]
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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 […]