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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Independent Review of the Community Report from the Biosignature Standards of Evidence Workshop: Report Series—Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26621.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations

ALH Alan Hills, specifically used to designate a meteorite found in Alan Hills, Antarctica
CAPS Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences
CoLD Confidence of Life Detection scale
LR labeled release experiment on Viking
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NExSS Nexus for Exoplanet System Science, a NASA Research Coordination Network
NfoLD Network for Life Detection, a NASA Research Coordination Network
NSF National Science Foundation
IODP International Ocean Drilling Program
PSD Planetary Science Division of NASA Science Mission Directorate
RCN Research Coordination Network
SOC Science Organizing Committee
SSB Space Studies Board
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Independent Review of the Community Report from the Biosignature Standards of Evidence Workshop: Report Series—Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26621.
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At the request of NASA, the Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Sciences of the National Academies of Sciences Engineering, and Medicine, in its role as an independent forum, conducted a review of the NASA report “Community Report from the Biosignatures Standards of Evidence Workshop”. The review addresses the accuracy, assumptions, and conclusions of the NASA report. This publication details the findings of the committee.

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