Keith’s 7:00 pm EST update: The following response from Dwayne Brown NASA SMD PAO was received by NASA Watch in quick response to questions asked this afternoon: “1. How long has he worked at NASA, and at Marshall? Answer: 45 years, he started in February 28, 1966 2. Which division does he work for now? Answer: Hoover works in the Space Science Office at Marshall Space Flight Center 3. What […]

NASA Statement on Astrobiology Paper by Richard Hoover “NASA is a scientific and technical agency committed to a culture of openness with the media and public. While we value the free exchange of ideas, data, and information as part of scientific and technical inquiry, NASA cannot stand behind or support a scientific claim unless it has been peer-reviewed or thoroughly examined by other qualified experts. This paper was submitted in […]

Life in meteorites? Study stirs debate, MSNBC “Many scientists have examined thousands of meteorites in detail over the past 50 years without finding any evidence of fossil life,” David Morrison, senior scientist at the NASA Astrobiology Institute at Ames Research Center, told me in an e-mail. “Further, we know a great deal about the conditions on the parent objects of the meteorites, which (not counting the few meteorites from the […]