Keith’s note: In the ‘Star Trek Strange New Worlds’ Second Season episode “Under The Cloak of War” there are battle scenes that feature military base with a lot of tents. […]
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Why Is It So Hard To Figure Out NASA’s Astrobiology Program? (Update)
Keith’s 26 March 2024 note: 3 months ago I posted a note about the badly maintained Astrobiology program pages at NASA.gov. Among other things it was not clear who was […]
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103 Ways To Say Water In Space
Keith’s note: I have been living with the image in my mind of the Pioneer plaques and Voyager Golden Records heading across the outer solar system and into interstellar space […]
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Will Mars Sample Return Ever Return A Mars Sample?
Keith’s note: Mars Sample Return, however well-intentioned and lauded by advisory committees, has been tossed around and modified and rescheduled so many times that it is no longer clear what […]
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NASA’s Astrobiology PR Team Needs A Refresh
Keith’s note: I guess its nice that NASA’s Astrobiology program officially emails info about job openings – in Norway. It might be a little more appropriate to start sending out […]
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Domains Of Life Sciences In Spacefaring: What, Where, And How To Get Involved
“The integration of biology and spacefaring has led to the development of three interrelated fields: Astrobiology, Bioastronautics, and Space Bioprocess Engineering. Astrobiology is concerned with the study of the origin, […]
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Pam Melroy: Finding Life Elsewhere In The Universe? “Inevitable”
Keith’s note: On Saturday 27 January 2024, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy appeared on CNN with Christiane Amanpour. A variety of topics such as warfare in space, safety, going to […]
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A Confluence Of Climate Change And Astrobiology: The Anthropocene
Keith’s note: Astrobiologists are often focused on how a planet’s life history shapes the life on it and how that life can, in turn, alter a planet’s life history. Life […]
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An Astrobiology Thought For Today
Keith’s note: An earthling – Weevil (by Dix Balino) and Mars Droid Perseverance’s “Bit Carousel” (NASA JPL). What lifeforms on Earth seem to be “alien” and what will our first […]
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Time Travel: An Antarctic Astrobiology Website From 1996
Keith’s note: This is a revised version of the original website that was first posted â from Antarctica â in 1996. As far as Dale Andersen (who is in Antarctica […]