Dale Andersen sent this message from: Lat -71.33293 Lon 13.45381 on 20 November 2017 5:22:14 AM EST: “Hi Keith: Looks like our weather is improving, but we still have strong […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 19 November 2017: Bad Weather
Dale Andersen sent this message from: Lat -71.33293 Lon 13.45381 on 19 November 2017 at 1:43:18 AM EST: “The weather here is pretty bad with high winds gusting at 45-50 […]
Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 15 November 2017: Deploying Instruments
Dale Andersen sent this message from: Lat -71.332844 Lon 13.453746 on 15 November 2017 11:29:14 AM EST: Hi Keith: We had another productive day with good weather here at Lake […]
Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 14 November 2017: Setting Up Camp
Dale Andersen sent this message via Iridium satphone on 14 November 2017 1:09:15 PM EST Hi Keith: We are settling in and our camp is fully operational – all the […]
Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 11 November 2017: Arrival at Lake Untersee
Dale Andersen sent this message via Garmin in Reach from: Lat -71.332877 Lon 13.453317 on November 2017 at 11:39:37 AM EST. “Arrived. Untersee all ok”. You can interact with the […]
Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 8 November 2017: More Snow
Dale Andersen sent this message via Iridium satphone on 8 November 2017 at 2:54:15 AM EST: “Hi Keith: We are still at Novo waiting for the weather to improve long […]
The Origin Of O2 And Other Volatile Species In Comets
Molecular oxygen, O2, was recently detected in comet 67P by the ROSINA instrument on board the Rosetta spacecraft with a surprisingly high abundance of 4 % relative to H2O, making […]
Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 5 November 2017: Buran!
Dale Andersen sent this message via Iridium satphone on 5 November 2017 at 1:55:43 am EDT: “Hi Keith: Our small storm continues today and this morning it is quite windy […]
Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 4 November 2017: Traverse Preparations
Dale Andersen sent this message via Garmin inRreach on 4 November 2017 at 8:44 am EDT from: Lat -70.774999 Lon 11.837554 “We are almost ready for the traverse to Lake […]
The Epistemological Status of Astrobiology: A Problematic Case of Integration of Scientific Disciplines
Astrobiology is a scientific discipline that studies life in the Universe. We call it a discipline and not a science because some authors have cast doubts over its epistemological status […]
