TY - JOUR
T1 - The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap.
AU - Des Marais, David J.
AU - Nuth, Joseph A.
AU - Allamandola, Louis J.
AU - Boss, Alan P.
AU - Farmer, Jack D.
AU - Hoehler, Tori M.
AU - Jakosky, Bruce M.
AU - Meadows, Victoria S.
AU - Pohorille, Andrew
AU - Runnegar, Bruce
AU - Spormann, Alfred M.
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap provides guidance for research and technology development across the NASA enterprises that encompass the space, Earth, and biological sciences. The ongoing development of astrobiology roadmaps embodies the contributions of diverse scientists and technologists from government, universities, and private institutions. The Roadmap addresses three basic questions: how does life begin and evolve, does life exist elsewhere in the universe, and what is the future of life on Earth and beyond? Seven Science Goals outline the following key domains of investigation: understanding the nature and distribution of habitable environments in the universe, exploring for habitable environments and life in our own Solar System, understanding the emergence of life, determining how early life on Earth interacted and evolved with its changing environment, understanding the evolutionary mechanisms and environmental limits of life, determining the principles that will shape life in the future, and recognizing signatures of life on other worlds and on early Earth. For each of these goals, Science Objectives outline more specific high priority efforts for the next three to five years. These eighteen objectives are being integrated with NASA strategic planning.
AB - The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap provides guidance for research and technology development across the NASA enterprises that encompass the space, Earth, and biological sciences. The ongoing development of astrobiology roadmaps embodies the contributions of diverse scientists and technologists from government, universities, and private institutions. The Roadmap addresses three basic questions: how does life begin and evolve, does life exist elsewhere in the universe, and what is the future of life on Earth and beyond? Seven Science Goals outline the following key domains of investigation: understanding the nature and distribution of habitable environments in the universe, exploring for habitable environments and life in our own Solar System, understanding the emergence of life, determining how early life on Earth interacted and evolved with its changing environment, understanding the evolutionary mechanisms and environmental limits of life, determining the principles that will shape life in the future, and recognizing signatures of life on other worlds and on early Earth. For each of these goals, Science Objectives outline more specific high priority efforts for the next three to five years. These eighteen objectives are being integrated with NASA strategic planning.
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U2 - 10.1089/ast.2008.0819
DO - 10.1089/ast.2008.0819
M3 - Article
C2 - 18793098
AN - SCOPUS:58149144269
SN - 1531-1074
VL - 8
SP - 715
EP - 730
JO - Astrobiology
JF - Astrobiology
IS - 4
ER -