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Appendix B: Related Reports and Programmatic Activities
Pages 62-69

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From page 62...
... Life in the Universe1 contained the following statements and recommendations that are of direct relevance to the current study: ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS TO NASA'S ASTROBIOLOGY PROGRAM Research efforts that are directly identified as astrobiology are dominated today by the biological and geological sciences. Yet the intellectual sphere covered by objectives in astrobiology includes much of the planetary sciences and the stellar and planetary aspects of the astronomical search for origins.
From page 63...
... In the short term, these linkages require cooperation between the NAI and major astronomical institutions, such as the Space Telescope Science Institute and universities with extensive astronomical programs, in creating joint workshops and focus groups to educate researchers in both areas and to initiate more extensive and novel research endeavors. Panels evaluating NAI membership proposals must be broadly constituted to ensure expert evalua tion of research programs that are intellectually strong but have a discipline balance very different from that found in the existing NAI nodes.
From page 64...
... It requires fundamental concepts of life and habitable environments that will help us to recognize biospheres that might be quite different from our own. Astrobiology embraces the search for potentially inhabited planets beyond our solar system, the exploration of Mars and the outer planets, laboratory and field investigations of the origins and early evolution of life, and studies of the potential of life to adapt to future challenges, both on Earth and in space.
From page 65...
... This Roadmap outlines how to achieve a better fundamental understanding both of our own world and also of potential habitable worlds and life beyond Earth. This is an agenda for inspiring the next generation of planetary explorers and stewards to sustain the NASA vision and mission.
From page 66...
... Three sites have been chosen as type areas for the initial Ridge 2000 Integrated Studies Programs: The East Lau Basin Spreading Center in the Western Pacific Ocean was chosen for a back-arc basin spreading center; the Endeavour Segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the Northeast Pacific Ocean as an intermediate rate spreading center, and 8-11°N on the East Pacific Rise off of Central America for a fast spreading center. The RIDGE program supports a substantial amount of work that is related to the astrobiological topics of the origin of life and extremophiles.
From page 67...
... What are the goals of the Genomics:GTL program? · Identify the protein machines that carry out critical life functions; · Characterize the gene regulatory networks that control these machines; · Explore the functional repertoire of complex microbial communities in their natural environ ments to provide a foundation for understanding and using their remarkably diverse capabilities to address DOE missions; · Develop the computational capabilities to integrate and understand these data and begin to model complex biological systems.
From page 68...
... EANA is also a member of the International Astrobiology Circle, including the Astrobiology Society of Britain,10 the Australian Centre for Astrobiology,11 the Spanish Centro de Astrobiología,12 the French Groupement de Recherche en Exobiologie (GDR-Exobio) ,13 and the Swedish Astrobiology Network.14 Collaborative research areas in Europe's astrobiology network include cosmochemistry, star and planetary formation, the chemistry of the origin of life, terrestrial life as a reference, and the search for habitats and signatures of life beyond Earth.
From page 69...
... is the ESF expert committee on European space research issues.17 ESSC aims to promote and facilitate the definition and the organization of space research programs in Europe by providing an independent forum on European space policy. By evaluating European space missions and in particular the Aurora program, ESSC and ESF are indirectly supporting astrobiology.


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