NASA to Hold First Astrobiology Science Conference
[09 Jan 2000] According to NASA: ”
The First Annual Astrobiology Science Conference will be held at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, on 3-5 April 2000. The
purpose of the conference is to bring together scientists working in disciplines that contribute to astrobiology in a way that will facilitate interdisciplinary
interaction and communication. Unlike a number of recent planning workshops, the emphasis here will be on new and recent research results.”
The goals of the conference are:
- To provide a forum at which state-of-the-art science results in the broad field of astrobiology can be presented and discussed among experts.
- To allow researchers in fields that represent components of astrobiology to become acquainted with the science and scientists that make up the entire
field.
- To begin to build an astrobiology community that can bring everybody together.
NASA is interested in attracting participation from scientists doing esearch in the following areas:
- Interstellar and interplanetary prebiotic chemistry
- Origin and evolution of life on Earth
- Life in extreme environments
- Environmental requirements for life elsewhere
- Possible habitats elsewhere in our solar system
- Extrasolar planets-occurrence and formation
- Co-evolution of planets and life
- Biomarkers-our solar system and extrasolar planets
- Extraterrestrial intelligence
- Spacecraft missions and technology in the search for life
- Philosophical and societal aspects of astrobiology
- The future of terrestrial life in space
Further information on Astrobiology
° Call for papers and conference information, NASA press release
° Astrobiology at NASA, NASA ARC
° Astrobiology Roadmap, NAS AARC
° NASA Office of Space Science, NASA HQ
° NASA’s Origins Program, NASA JPL
° NASA Astrobiology Institute, NASA ARC
° The Astrobiology Web
° Astrobiology and Life Science, SpaceRef Directory
° Astrobiology Issue of Ad Astra Magazine
