David McKay
Dr. David S. McKay Has Passed Away
“Our friend and colleague, Dr. David S. McKay, passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early morning hours yesterday, 20 February 2013. David had been battling serious health problems for some time, especially cardiac issues this past year or so. He was 77. .. Of course, he was the lead author on the 1996 paper in Science on the ALH84001 martian orthopyroxenite, arguing that it contains evidence for life on Mars. Although that claim was highly controversial, there can be no question that the appearance of that paper sparked significant changes in martian and planetary science, shaped the direction of the Mars Exploration Program to the present day, and prompted the establishment of the NASA Astrobiology Institute.”
I would like to express our sincerest
condolences to Dave and his family for new Martian environment. I would like to
express our sincerest condolences to Dave and his family for new Martian
environment. Thank for his new topics on the Moon, Mars and Asteroids. I
invited his talk and TV program at PIECES’99 (Yamaguchi) on the Moon and Mars.
He worked so for the best interpretation at this moment as valuable for the
next steps. Yas.
He will be greatly missed by his friends and colleagues