Astrobiology: Life in the Universe

NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)


  1. SETI Institute

    PI Rocco Mancinelli
    Members 0 (Inactive)
    Active Dates 11/2003 - 10/2008
    Team Website http://nai.seti.org/

    Executive Summary

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    Project Reports

    Planetary Biology, Evolution, and Intelligence

    ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7

    EPO Reports

    Education and Public Outreach

    Project Reports

    Organized by Astrobiology Roadmap Objective

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  • 1 Determine whether the atmosphere of the early Earth, hydrothermal or exogenous matter were significant sources of organic matter.
  • 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.
  • 3 Replicating, catalytic systems capable of evolution, and construct laboratory models of metabolism in primitive living systems.
  • 4 Expand and interpret the genomic database of a select group of key microorganisms in order to reveal the history and dynamics of evolution.
  • 5 Describe the sequences of causes and effects associated with the development of Earth's early biosphere and the global environment.
  • 6 Define how ecophysiological processes structure microbial communities, influence their adaptation and evolution, and affect their detection on other planets.
  • 7 Identify the environmental limits for by examining biological adaptations to extremes in environmental conditions.

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