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  1. University of Arizona

    PI Neville Woolf
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    Active Dates 11/2003 - 10/2008
    Team Website http://www.laplace.arizona.edu

    Executive Summary

    An Astronomical Search for the Essential Ingredients for Life: Placing Our Habitable System in Context. Executive Summary

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    An Astronomical Search for the Essential Ingredients for Life: Placing Our Habitable System in Context. Progress Report

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.3, 7.1, 7.2

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  • 1.1 Models of formation and evolution of habitable planets
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    • Astrobiology: Life in the Universe
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