NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)

1. Societal and Philosophical Aspects of Astrobiology

   Project Investigators:

   Other Project Members

   Bruce Jakosky (Principal Investigator)

   Astrobiology Roadmap Objectives:

   • Objective 18: Currently, this project does not fit one of these categories.

   Project Progress

   So far, our efforts have resulted in two publications, one in proceedings of the 1999 Bioastronomy conference and one in EOS, the weekly newspaper of the American Geophysical Union (see below), about a dozen public talks in the last year (including numerous ones around the country), and numerous interactions with the broadcast and print media discussing aspects of planetary science and astrobiology. Ongoing activities include work on an “edited by” book on the societal connections of astrobiology and on a sole-author book on the same topic.

Publications