Editor’s 7 Feb update: Dwayne Brown at PAO got me the answer about Astrobiology funding: FY07: $31.3 million; FY08: $31.9 million. Editor’s 5 Feb note: A press briefing and telecon […]
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Worden on Science and Missions
Pete Worden ‘Ames’ for the Moon and Beyond , Science“On how scientists can help: I’m an advocate of small, fast missions that could do 80% of the capability for 10% […]
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GeneSat-1 Mission Continues As Planned
Mission Status Report: GeneSat-1 Status Report: 19 Dec 2006 12 noon PST (Mission Day 4; Biology Experiment Day 2)“The results to this point are nothing short of SPECTACULAR!! All the […]
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GeneSat-1 is Operational
Mission Status Report: NASA’s Orbiting GeneSat-1 Radios Date to Team on Earth“The GeneSat-1 ground control station at NASA Ames will receive data radioed from the micro-laboratory after it has completed […]
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GeneSat Launched
NASA’s GeneSat-1 Reaches Orbit on Air Force Rocket“NASA’s GeneSat-1 rode an Air Force rocket into Earth orbit on Dec. 16, 2006 at 4 a.m. PST (7 a.m. EST) from NASA’s […]
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Are There Martians On Earth?
Was Earth Ever Infected by Martian Biota? Clues from Radioresistant Bacteria, Astrobiology“Here we propose that the radioresistance (tolerance to ionizing radiation) observed in several terrestrial bacteria has a martian origin. […]
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Another Reason Not To Cut Astrobiology
NASA Scientists Find Primordial Organic Matter in Tagish Lake Meteorite“Organic matter in meteorites is a subject of intense interest because this material formed at the dawn of the Solar System […]
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Astrobiology 101
The Astrobiology Primer: An Outline of General Knowledge – Version 1, 2006“The Astrobiology Primer has been created as a reference tool for those who are interested in the interdisciplinary field […]
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Astrobiology Update
Director’s Corner – Message from NASA Astrobiology Institute Director Carl Pilcher, NAI“The clearest expression that astrobiology doesn’t “measure up” comes from the Administrator of NASA himself, Mike Griffin. Mike has […]