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High-temperature, High-pressure Microcosms to Study the Bio-molecular Basis for the Upper Temperature Limits to Life
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 7Project 1. From Molecular Clouds to Habitable Planetary Systems
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 1, 2, 3, 7Project 2. Extraterrestrial Materials: Origin and Evolution of Organic Matter and Water in the Solar System
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 2, 3Project 3. Prebiotic Chemical and Isotopic Evolution on Earth
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3, 4, 4, 7Project 4. Prebiotic Molecular Selection and Organization
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3, 3, 3, 4, 7Project 5. Life in Extreme Environments
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 3, 5, 5, 6Project 6. Molecular and Isotopic Biosignatures
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7Project 7. Astrobiotechnology
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7EPO Reports
Capital Science Lectures
Astrobiology for Middle School Students
Textbooks and Publications for General Audiences
Astrobiology Presentations for the General Public and Special Groups
Astrobiology Institute for Middle School Teachers
Interactive Astrobiology Kiosk
Carnegie Summer Intern Program
Astrobiologists in the Public Eye
Astrobiologists in K-16 classrooms
Carnegie Seminar Series
Exploring Ice in the Solar System CD-ROM
Exploratorium Multi-media Web Site
Project Reports
Organized by Astrobiology Roadmap Objective
- Objective 1: Determine whether the atmosphere of the early Earth, hydrothermal or exogenous matter were significant sources of organic matter. (4 reports)
- Objective 2: Develop and test plausible pathways by which ancient counterparts of membrane systems, proteins and nucleic acid were synthesized from simpler precursors and assembled into protocells. (5 reports)
- Objective 3: Replicating, catalytic systems capable of evolution, and construct laboratory models of metabolism in primitive living systems. (14 reports)
- Objective 4: Expand and interpret the genomic database of a select group of key microorganisms in order to reveal the history and dynamics of evolution. (7 reports)
- Objective 5: Describe the sequences of causes and effects associated with the development of Earth's early biosphere and the global environment. (7 reports)
- Objective 6: Define how ecophysiological processes structure microbial communities, influence their adaptation and evolution, and affect their detection on other planets. (5 reports)
- Objective 7: Identify the environmental limits for by examining biological adaptations to extremes in environmental conditions. (7 reports)
Goal 1: Understand the nature and distribution of habitable environments in the Universe
Goal 2: Explore for past or present habitable environments, prebiotic chemistry and signs of life elsewhere in our Solar System
Goal 3: Understand how life originates from cosmic and planetary precursors
Goal 4: Understand how past life on Earth interacted with its changing planetary and Solar System environment
Goal 5: Understand the evolutionary mechanisms and environmental limits of life
Goal 6: Understand the principles that will shape the future of life, both on Earth and beyond
Goal 7: Determine how to recognize signatures of life on other worlds and on early Earth
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